Stories from Thursday, July 1, 1999

To the editor: The June 19 editorial, "It's time for solutions, not accusations," appears to be a fairly accurate statement of the questions currently in Cape "given the recent events that transpired on Good Hope." In terms of solutions, however, we don't need to look any farther than Sikeston and other cities in Southeast Missouri for possible directions. ...

During the '90s, community financial support for arts organizations has zoomed from $86,000 to nearly $265,000. And per capita operating expenditures for parks and recreation have more than doubled. From a financial point of view, the community's cultural and recreational life is operating in the black...

You can gather the family, stuff a picnic basket with goodies, throw in a few lawn chairs and head to the park for an old fashioned Fourth of July in lots of different locales this weekend. VFW Post 3838 will once again host Cape Girardeau's annual Fourth of July celebration at Arena Park...

It is hard to believe that everyone in government is a liar, takes bribes, curries favor with special interests for the sake of political gain and behaves in ways that would be considered immoral even in this age of easy standards. But, thanks to the few elected officials who have strayed beyond the limits of decency, there is a perception among far too many Americans that our government is rotten to the core. ...

The Patty Hearst kidnapping occurred so long ago that a whole generation has come along who never heard of her except for a few cameo roles in some second-rate movies of late. But in 1974, the abduction of Hearst, heir to a newspaper fortune in California, captured the minds of Americans, thanks to a complicated intrigue in an era when American society was undergoing radical changes...

First Call For Help, a local information and referral network, is a step closer to providing answers about social services available in Cape Girardeau County. Finding details about the hundreds of programs and services available can be difficult, and First Call For Help intends to provide that information...

A gap of more than $5 million separates the Cape Girardeau School District's original cost estimates to complete a number of construction and renovation projects and the current best guess of costs put forth by school officials. Nevertheless, the officials said ample funding will exist to cover the higher costs...

Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus would blend the old brick seminary with an addition and a separate horseshoe-shaped museum. The university's Board of Regents Wednesday reviewed the preliminary design with representatives of Sverdrup, the St. Louis architectural and engineering firm hired to draw up plans for the project...

Southeast Missouri State University's Board of Regents expressed interest Wednesday in a plan to turn the school's Wildwood home into an alumni center. The regents also expressed support for a plan to renovate Houck Stadium. They agreed to ask the Southeast Missouri University Foundation to include the $5 million Houck project in its capital campaign. Some funding would come from the state in the form of maintenance and repair money...

Law enforcement agencies in Missouri and Illinois will be out in full force this Fourth of July weekend in an effort to apprehend drunken drivers and prevent accidents. Extra patrols will be on duty, paying special attention to speed, seat-belt usage and alcohol-related violations. The patrols Friday evening through Monday are part of a national program called Combined Accident Reduction Effort (CARE)...

The Missourian crosses the plains toting his wares and his cattle, As the fare-collector goes through the train he gives notice by the jingling of loose change, The floor-men are laying the floor, the tinners are tinning the roof, the masons are calling for mortar,...

Forty-two programs sponsored by 25 different agencies will be funded by the Area Wide United Way during the year 2000. The funding choices were announced Wednesday. The amounts to be awarded each program will be determined after the fall campaign drive...

BENTON -- Today was the first time in 18 years that Jackie Green could ignore her alarm. Green, 66, retired on Wednesday as secretary for the state's 33rd Judicial District. "Now I'll be able to do what I want to do every day," Green said. "I can't wait to retire."...

The proposed $35.6 million conversion of the old St. Vincent's Seminary into a school for the visual and performing arts could transform the city's cultural life and help reinvigorate the city's south side, officials say. "We have the opportunity for transformation, a sea change in thinking," says Dr. Marc Strauss, head of the Dance Program at Southeast and president of the Arts Council of Southeast Missouri...

Representatives from the Missouri Department of Economic Development and the Department of Finance in Jefferson City visited Dexter Monday to look at local industries. The Dexter Chamber of Commerce showed the seven representatives the Purolator facility, industrial park, and C.H. Parson farm...

RANDLES -- Missouri Department of Transportation will be making railroad crossing repairs today, weather permitting, from 8 a.m.-6 p.m. The roadway to be closed is on Route P in Cape Girardeau County, north of Randles. The work zone will be marked with signs...

The days of watering the street soon could be over for two businessmen on Walnut Street. Walnut is a stretch of road about 300 feet long. No one knows who built it or even how it got its name. But however it got there, Walnut is a bumpy road that coughs up dust every day, making cars at Gary's Car and Truck Sales and Motorsports Unlimited dirty and sometimes unattractive to buyers...

DEXTER -- Mark Coots of Dexter did something last week that no one else in the United States was invited to do. Coots attended The Farmfest in Sidney, Australia, the second-largest farm show in Australia, to show off the pesticide RAGE. Coots, of Profit Plus in Dexter, was invited by the Australians, who are interested in the product...

It's been a trying first season for the Charleston American Legion baseball team, which has suffered through plenty of growing pains as it attempts to get its program off the ground. That was evident Wednesday night as Charleston had just three hits in 12 innings during a District 14 doubleheader loss to Cape Girardeau Ford & Sons at Capaha Field...

Nyah Jones, who was recently granted a release from his commitment to the University of Missouri basketball program, is reportedly considering Southeast Missouri State University. Jones, a 6-foot-11 center-forward from Montreal, committed to Missouri last November during the early signing period when Norm Stewart was the Tigers' coach...

WASHINGTON -- All those trade scenarios, all those intricate plans that consumed Jerry Krause's life since he won the lottery a month ago turned out to be a bunch of Bull-oney. In the end, the Chicago Bulls decided to keep their No. 1 pick and select Elton Brand, the college player of the year who left Duke after his sophomore season...

STE. GENEVIEVE -- Tommy Bolen had the kind of game most baseball players only dream about as the McDowell Capahas destroyed host Ste. Genevieve 25-1 in seven innings Wednesday night. Bolen, an outfielder who is the son of Capahas' manager Jess Bolen, belted three home runs -- including two grand slams -- and drove in 11 runs. Bolen had four hits in all...

SENATH -- The Chaffee Medicap Pharmacy American Legion baseball team came up short twice Wednesday in its District 14 showdown here with Dunklin County. In the opener, which began at 5-5 in the 10th inning in the makeup of a suspended game from earlier this season, Dunklin County pushed across three runs in the 10th to snare an 8-5 victory...

JACKSON -- Gayle Gorham of Jackson recorded her second hole-in-one Wednesday at Kimbeland Country Club. Gorham nailed the 108-yard shot on hole No. 18 with a seven iron. The shot was witnessed by Peyton Sims.

Son to Kenneth Ray and Alison Kay Koehler of Jackson, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 11:53 a.m. Wednesday, June 23, 1999. Name, Jared Logan. Weight, 8 pounds 3 ounces. Third child, first son. Mrs. Koehler is the former Alison Shadron, daughter of Brenda Shadron of Cape Girardeau and Donald Shadron of Georgia. She is employed at St. Francis Medical Center. Koehler is the son of Ken and Carol Koehler of Jackson. He is a carpenter with Local 1770...

GREENBRIER -- Perry H. Staats, 80, of East Alton, Ill., died Tuesday, June 29, 1999, at D'Adrian Convalescent Center in East Alton. He was born Dec. 10, 1918, at Greenbrier, son of Perry F. and Alma Shell Staats. He and Beulah M. Berrong were married Oct. 14, 1950, in Piggott, Ark...

BERNIE -- Donald Gene "Mudcat" Lindsey, 61, of Bernie died Tuesday, June 29, 1999, at his home. He was born Oct. 3, 1937, at Bernie, son of Robert Thomas and Gracie Lorene Teeters Lindsey. He and Elizabeth Sue Whitehorn were married Feb. 18, 1961, at Malden...

PERRYVILLE -- The Rev. Glennon T. Unterreiner, 82, died Saturday, June 26, 1999, at Mother of Good Councel Home in St. Louis. He was born June 2, 1917, at Perryville, son of Henry J. and Mary Katherine Schrempp Unterreiner. Unterreiner was a graduate of St. Vincent de Paul High School and entered St. Louis Preparatory Seminary in 1939. He was ordained into the priesthood by then Archbishop Joseph Elmer Ritter Dec. 21, 1946...

SCOTT CITY -- Graveside service for Josephine Williams of Farmington will be held at 10 a.m. today at Mt. Zion Cemetery in Scott City. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel at Scott City is in charge of arrangements. Williams, 74, died Monday, June 28, 1999, at Mineral Area Osteopathic Hospital in Farmington...

BERTRAND -- Funeral for Cheryl R. Brown of Bertrand will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston. The Revs. Lee Fansler and Bob Herring will officiate. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery near Charleston. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. today...

CHARLESTON -- John Stephens, 90, of Charleston died Wednesday, June 30, 1999, at Lourdes Hospital in Paducah, Ky. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston.