Stories from Sunday, June 6, 1999

To the editor: It was disappointing to read Alan Journet's recent letter attacking U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson for her leadership on the issue of global warming. As a farmer, I applaud her efforts to question the administration's support of the so-called Kyoto Treaty. In its present form, this treaty commits the United States to actions that are not supported by most nations, lack scientific justification and further weaken our nation's farm economy...

Erika Knowlan of Jackson received the Virginia Hultz Booth Memorial Scholarship from the College of Education at the University of Missouri-Columbia during the annual Undergraduate Scholarship Reception. Knowlan, a junior secondary social studies education major, is also on the dean's list. She is the daughter of Jack and Bonnie Knowlan...

Matthew R. Younghouse, son of Fred and Susan Younghouse of Cape Girardeau and a recent graduate of Cape Central High School, has been awarded a $500 scholarship by the Cape County Rotary Club. Younghouse has been accepted at Concordia University in Wisconsin for the fall. A graduating senior is awarded this scholarship annually, based on grade point average and involvement in school, community and church activities...

Weather cooperated and Jackson High School's 330 graduating seniors were able to receive their diplomas in the high school football stadium Friday night. Long-time JHS faculty members Karen Kight and Jean Schweain gave a dual commencement speech, urging the graduates to pursue kindness as one of life's goal. Kight quotes Johann von Goethe's maxim "Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together."...

The May meeting of the American Legion Post # 158 was called to order by Commander, Robert Hartle, at 8 p.m. The Color Guard advanced the colors, Chaplain, Charles T Hutson, gave the opening prayer. The pledge of allegiance to the flag, and the preamble of the American Legion Constitution were recited i~n unison by 45 members present...

The Jackson Public Library has recently installed the "Value Line Investment Survey" publication, available for individual investors to use. Value Line is updated weekly, providing the individual investor equity information on timeliness, safety and yield. Each stock and industry is updated once every three months. Complete instructions on how to use this information is included in the publication...

Name the late county resident who served as a Jackson city alderman 1951-54 and as a county judge/commissioner 1976-1992. He was also Cape County clerk. Last week's question: Andrew Jackson became one of the first current or ex-presidents to do something shortly before his death in 1849. What did he do?...

A scholarhsip at Jackson High School has been established in memory of Mary Jane Cacraft, by her friends and family. Mary jane Cacraft was the wife of Rusty Cacraft and mother of three children. Vice president of Cacraft-Miller, Inc., she was very active in the community of Jackson...

Beating the rain, members of the American Legion Althenthal-Joerns Post # 158 and the American Legion Auxiliary got in their Memorial Day services Monday outdoors. Tentative plans to move the ceremony to the legion hall proved unnecessary. The shortened ceremony took place at the entrance to the Jackson City Cemetery on South High Street...

Stanley "Stan" Beel has been appointed president of Mercantile Bank N.A.- Marble Hill. He succeeds John Davis, who retired from the bank earlier this year. Beel has been with Mercantile since 1989 and had served as vice president at Marble Hill. Beel is a graduate of Southeast Missouri State University, with a degree in business administration. He has also completed the Missouri School of Lending at University of Missouri-Columbia...

Lutesville Motor Co. Inc. of Marble Hill has received the "President's Award," the highest honor presented by Ford Motor Co. The award, for outstanding sales performance, customer satisfaction and business management was presented recently by Ford's president and chief executive officer Jacques Nassar...

After serving Gov. Mel Carnahan as press secretary through the first six and one-half years of his administration, Puxico native Chris Sifford has been named chief of staff in Missouri's executive office. He is the second Puxico native so to serve: former Carnahan chief of staff Roy Temple, now a political consultant who counts the governor as a client, also hails from the tiny Southeast Missouri town. ...

Neither Monica Lewinsky nor impeachment put much of a dent in President Clinton's lofty poll ratings -- at least the ones that measure presidential job approval. To do that, it took a war. Up to this week, President Clinton's poll ratings had been steadily dropping as Americans grew increasingly anxious about nine weeks of air strikes, bombing accidents and debates over a ground invasion. ...

On July 1, 1998 the Jackson Fire Department started providing emergency medical services to the citizens of Jackson. In 11 short months, more than 300 medical assistance calls have been answered and several lives have been saved by this important new city service. The Jackson Fire Department, under the leadership of Chief Brad Golden, now has EMS First Responders and Emergency Medical Technicians on staff...

The day following the tax evasion and perjury indictments of state Sen. J.B. "Jet" Banks, a longtime, powerful political figure in St.. Louis, one of his fellow politicians phoned to express his pleasure. "It's about time," he said solemnly, although his exuberance was barely contained as he detailed some of his choice personal experiences with the veteran politician who wins the Most-Colorful-Character in the state Senate hands-down...

It could have been really bad I WOULD hate to see you people when we actually have a tornado or earthquake. You're complaining about the power being off. Well, think about a real dangerous situation. P&Z needed for growth ANOTHER REASON that the Cape area is not a metropolitan area is the lack of a planning and zoning commission. ...

To the editor: My personal feelings of fear, expectation, wonder and anxiousness are mounting as time grows short for the year 1999. The complete change a new century will bring is creating for me somewhat of a reluctance to turn loose of our present century, especially since I have lived almost all of the 1900s. ...

Sara Jane Nothdurft, a recent graduate of Jackson High School, has won a $1,200 MFA Foundation scholarship. The scholarship was awarded at the school's graduation ceremonies Friday night. Nothdurft is the daughter of Glenn and Susan Nothdurft and plans to attend the University of Missouri-Columbia in the fall...

David Hunter of Jackson graduated cum laude from the University of Missouri at Rolla with a degree in civil engineering. While a student, he was treasurer of Chi Epsilon, the national civil engineering honor society. He also was a member of Tau Beta Pi honor society, The American Society of Civil Engineers and the concrete canoe team. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Huter of Jackson...

25 years ago: 1974 Total of $9,145 was received from Cape Girardeau County's auction of surplus equipment at old Civil Defense building Saturday; old fire engine used by Civil Defense until its pumper broke down brought highest amount, $3,150; it was purchased by Bollinger County, which will assign truck to its Civil Defense unit...

The annual Oak Ridge Rural School Reunion will be held today at the Oak Ridge General Baptist Church, formerly the school, nine miles north of Bloomfield. A potluck meal will be held at 12:30 p.m. and the afternoon program will begin at 1:45 p.m. The Rev. Gary Cooper will be the speaker and will discuss the Cooper family history...

Did you ever notice how many of the holidays of summer are patriotic? Memorial Day reminds us to remember especially those who gave their life in military service to our country. We in fact remember all those who hayed served. June 6 marks D-Day, when the Allies landed on Normandy and began to retake mainland Europe from the Nazis. ...

With school activities over and a vast summer ahead, I hope to finally catch up with myself. Changing vehicles and trying to put out a Scott County progress issue has absorbed more brain cells than I had to spare in recent weeks. I had fully intended to be present at the Memorial Day ceremony Monday morning. ...

You have the right as an American, guaranteed in the First Amendment, to the free exercise of your religion. But suppose your friends in government were to come along and say, "You may donate no more than $1,000 per year to your church and its related activities, under penalty of law." In this example, has government gutted your right to religion? Of course it has...

SIKESTON -- Every day for 41 years John Southern went to work, eager to chat with his customers and help them with any dilemma they might encounter. But early Saturday, the retired manager at Riggs Wholesale Co. watched helplessly as flames destroyed a large part of his past...

Don Pickard is used to being undercover as an agent with the Missouri Division of Liquor Control. But during next weekend's Riverfest celebration in Cape Girardeau, he and eight of his colleagues will wear polo shirts that clearly identify them as Liquor Control agents...

Three-year-old Matthew Thompson plucked a plastic duck from a water pail. He was a winner at Cape Girardeau Public Library's summer reading carnival Saturday. Across the library parking lot, his older brother, James, tossed some water balloons and then headed to the refreshment stand...

At high noon Saturday, four outlaws with guns drawn surrounded Judge Parker, the Hanging Judge. From the center of this deadly circle, the judge pleaded for mercy, but revenge was in the scalawags' black eyes. The judge dropped to his knees an instant before the shots began popping...

Phillip Hood of Poplar Bluff can barely contain his excitement about Operation Weed and Seed programs begun in that community since he was hired as seeding coordinator in December. Hood's enthusiasm was shared during a training session Saturday with members of the Regional Weed and Seed board, community steering committees and staff members...

Whether covered in mustard or smothered in relish, hot dogs are a hit. They're more American than apple pie and just as good. It's hard to imagine baseball without hot dogs. No doubt, the game was invented so Americans would have an excuse to chow down on those wiener sandwiches...

ANNA, Ill. -- A man was injured in a traffic accident after apparently falling asleep and then running off the road. The one-vehicle accident happened at 4:14 a.m. Saturday on Interstate 57 in Pulaski County, Ill., the Illinois State Police report. Willie L. Greer, 71, of Sauk Village, Ill., was taken to Union County Hospital in Anna, then transfered to Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau where he was admitted for treatment...

A recent column in the Southeast Missourian asked several astronomically related questions concerning the discovery of a 14 billion year old something and in general asked, who cares? They are fair questions that deserve answers. In regards to the latest discovery of a 14.7 billion year old something, the question was raised, "How do they know it's that old?" Astronomy and History are intimately related. ...

Three area teams hit the road this past week searching for the ultimate in high school sports -- a state championship. While all three fell a bit short, that certainly can't take away from the sensational seasons they had. Cape Girardeau Central's girls soccer squad pulled off a feat that is astonishing -- making it to the Class 4A Final Four in only its fourth year of existence...

FENTON -- After losing just one of its first 29 games, Cape Girardeau Central High's girls soccer team found the going rough during its first-ever trip to the Class 4A Final Four. The Lady Tigers, who lost to Lafayette 3-1 in Friday's semifinals, suffered another 3-1 setback Saturday afternoon, this time at the hands of Lee's Summit North in the 4A third-place game at the Anheuser-Busch Conference & Sports Centre...

PERRYVILLE -- Chaffee Legion opened its season Saturday afternoon with a doubleheader split with Perryville. After Perryville claimed the opener 3-1, Chaffee bounced back with a 12-9 victory. Jason Glastetter suffered the loss in the opener, allowing six hits in six innings. He struck out four and walked one...

Ron Herr recorded his third career hole-in-one Saturday during the first round of the Braves & Squaws Tournament being held at Cape Girardeau Country Club. Herr accomplished the feat with a 9-wood on No. 6, a 150-yard par 3. "I had a beautiful shot, but holes-in-one are lucky," said Herr...

Looking for a place were you can spend the morning hunting mushrooms, squirrel hunting or spending some time outdoors enjoying nature? A place where you can then spend the afternoon bank fishing on the Mississippi River for a variety of species? Seventysix Conservation Area or Red Rock Landing Conservation Area may be your place. These unique areas are located in the Mississippi River hills of eastern Perry County...

A men's softball tournament that will serve as a USSSA qualifier will be held June 12 at Pyramid Park in Marion, Ill. State and national berths will be awarded. The entry fee is $125 per team. For more information or to enter, call (618) 995-1805.

The Missouri Golf Association will be hosting a junior golf clinic and tournament June 11 at the Poplar Bluff Municipal Golf Course. The event is called the Heironymus Junior Series and is open to boys ages 12-18. The clinic will be from 9:30-11:30 a.m. and will be presented by local golf professionals. The players will receive lunch, bag tag, rule book, golf cap and play in an 18-hole tournament, all for $20...

Southeast Missouri State University will hold several golf camps and clinics for youngsters in the area this summer. The camps and clinics will be conducted by Southeast golf coach Carroll Williams. For information or to enroll in any of the events, call Williams at (573) 651-2467 or the Southeast athletic department at (573) 651-2113...

The Otahki Girl Scout Council Benefit Golf Tournament will be held July 26 at Cape Girardeau Country Club. For more information, contact Glendella May at (573) 264-2039 or the Council office at (573) 334-7741...

Murphysboro (Ill.) High School is hosting a basketball tournament for freshmen, sophomore and junior varsity players June 19. All players will be guaranteed four games. The cost is $10 per player. For more information, call (618) 687-3532 or (618) 687-2644...

The Cincinnati Reds will held a tryout camp June 14 at Lone Oak High School in Paducah, Ky. The camp will begin at 9 a.m. Baseball players between the ages of 16-22 are invited to attend. This includes high school sophomores and juniors. Any player who is under 21 must have a written release from a parent or legal guardian accepting full legal liability in order to work out. All American Legion players must bring written permission from their post commander or Legion coach to work out...

The Cape Gators swim team will hold registration Monday, June 7, from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at the Cape Central pool at 205 Caruthers. The team is open to boys and girls of all ages.

Helen M. Schnurbusch died Saturday, June 5, 1999, at her home in Cape Girardeau. Friends may call at 1 p.m. Monday at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church. Funeral Mass will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the church, with burial to follow in the church cemetery...

SIKESTON -- Johnny B. Brown Jr., 30, a resident of SEMO Residential Center in Sikeston, died Thursday, June 3, 1999, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born Oct. 21, 1968, in Bell Glade, Fla., son of Hazel Burns Clemons of Charleston and Johnny B. Brown Sr., address unknown...

JACKSON -- Wiona H. Hutteger, 86, of Jackson died Saturday, June 5, 1999, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Oct. 25, 1912, at New Wells, daughter of Gustav A. and Paulina M. Perr Meyr. On March 28, 1937, she married Melvin R. Hutteger. He died Oct. 14, 1984...

JACKSON -- Jacob Wendel Ruff, 26, of Jackson, Miss., died Thursday, June 3, 1999, at the South Central Medical Center in Laurel, Miss. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wendel T. Ruff of Jackson, Miss.; a brother, Wilson Lee Ruff of Hattiesburg, Miss.; and paternal grandmother, June Wendel Ruff of Hattiesburg...

William B. Eagle, 71, of 1426 N. Clark St. died Saturday, June 5, 1999, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Oct. 19, 1927, in Cape Girardeau, son of Leslie G. and Philomene Nenninger Eagle. He married Helen Elaine Lewis May 21, 1955, in Mexico, Mo. She survives...

The wagon train consisted of four wagons this week. Three more were expected, but missed the 8 a.m. departure time. The trips are usually a weekly expedition starting from various points around the southeast region. Last week the trip began in Hiram and went to the Cascade fire tower and back...

On May 18th when the unicorn should have been out nibbling at the clover and fairies making their dancing circles in the grass, the chain gang descended upon my neighborhood -- the chain saw gang that is. They worked far into the night and for the next week. Some can still be heard playing their instruments...

The American Red Cross will hold babysitting training June 29-30 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. both days at the chapter office, 2430 Myra Drive in Cape Girardeau. The course instructs young people from age 11 to 15 on how to care for infants, toddlers and school-aged children. They learn basic child care, safe play, first aid and critical emergency action skills...