Stories from Tuesday, July 27, 1999

What's in a name? Plenty if you talk to marketing experts. Would you really be so eager to buy Coke if it were called Peppy? Names provide a first impression, an introduction. That goes for people and even pets. Sometimes picking a name for your pet can seem a big task. OK, so my family fell a little short in naming our last dog Rosie Posie. Obviously, naming something as important as a family pet should not be left to those under the age of 6...

With the heat index at 112 sizzling degrees in Cape Girardeau Monday afternoon, Ken Hennemann and three others were finishing their first day of work replacing a storm sewer at the corner of William and Frederick streets. Two of the men toiled underground while a third laid an air hose around the opening. Hennemann shrugged and smiled at the suggestion that the subterraneans might be hot. "They're in the shade," he said...

Bookstore officials at Southeast Missouri State University would rather give books away than recycle them. "We usually try to sell them or give them away to area teachers," said Laurie Taylor, assistant manager at University Bookstore. "We do several different things with those books before we get to this point."...

Construction of the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge finally is moving forward thanks to the dry weather. Meanwhile, planned repairs to the asphalt surface of the existing Mississippi River bridge at Cape Girardeau remain in limbo. The Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission earlier this month refused to award a repair contract after receiving only one bid. Occi Inc. of Fulton bid $474,105. Missouri Department of Transportation officials said the bid was too high...

I think I've failed in my attempts to garden because my plants seem to be barren. Up to now, my yard has been devoted to growing flowers, grass and the occasional weed. But this summer I decided to try my hand at vegetable gardening along with some selected herbs...

For the second year, Mercantile Bank has teamed up with the Area Wide United Way and its campaign to provide school supplies to children in need. "We had a group of workers who wanted to do a community project," said Karen Green of Mercantile Bank. So last year, employees collected about $2,000 worth of supplies for students in Cape Girardeau and Jackson...

A judge's ruling has dealt a major blow to state efforts to expand regulation of wood chipping mills in Missouri. Cole County Associate Circuit Judge Patricia Joyce issued a temporary restraining order recently barring enforcement of two provisions in a new stormwater permit Willamette Industries had received from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. The conditions had been included in the permit in accordance with an executive order issued by Gov. Mel Carnahan...

A federal funding program that helps communities purchase park land and develop recreational facilities narrowly passed the U.S. House of Representatives recently. U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson, R-Cape Girardeau, voted against the measure. Her reasons, which revolve around imperiled property rights, bear repeating...

To the editor: Two years ago, Congress imposed financial caps on what could be spent in every area of our government. The goal was to decrease our budget deficit. But the budget caps are having an unintended side effect: Key priorities are being sacrificed, in spite of a reported budget surplus. ...

To the editor: What's worse than having to endure another one of my political letters? It's having to read a Speak Out comment that is based on unintelligent babble. For anyone who thinks it's a waste of time to vote for a third party, you better read up on the faces that grace Mount. Rushmore. Each and every one of the faces on Mount Rushmore were third-party members...

Bud Eley still faces some long odds of making the Indiana Pacers, but he has at least survived the first round of his battle. Eley, a 6-foot-10 center, showed the Pacers enough during their rookie/free agent camp that concluded Sunday to be selected to play for Indiana's summer league team in Boston...

Jerome Sally issued instructions during warmup drills Monday at Cape Central High School. The University of Missouri football team might have suffered through 13 straight losing seasons from 1984 through 1996 -- but Jerome Sally is always quick to tell people one thing...

Margaret Sanders of Cape Girardeau recorded her second career hole-in-one Sunday while playing at the Poplar Bluff Municipal Golf Course. Sanders used a 4-iron to ace the No. 6, 138-yard, par-3 hole. She was playing with Elaine Hayden and Connie Nesslein...

Tyrone Nesby, who was one of the NBA's top rookies this past season while starting at forward for the Los Angeles Clippers, will hold a basketball camp this week in his hometown of Cairo, Ill. The Tyrone Nesby Rookies Basketball Camp, open to boys and girls in grades 3-12, will take place Wednesday through Friday. The cost is $15, which includes a camp T-shirt...

ANNA, Ill. -- James W. Craig, 61, of Anna died Sunday, July 25, 1999, at St. Louis University Hospital. He was born July 17, 1938, at Gale, son of Marion and Senie Craig. He and Linda Swink were married Oct. 3, 1959, at Ware. Craig was an inspector at Florsheim Shoe Co...

JONESBORO, Ill. -- William Basil Knight, 91, died Monday, July 26, 1999, at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Marion. He was born July 18, 1908, in Jonesboro, son of Isaac and Allie Whitley Knight. Knight had been an automobile mechanic. He attended First Presbyterian Church in Anna and was a member of American Legion Post 0147. He was a veteran of World War II...

SIKESTON -- Funeral for Roland Waters, Sikeston Route 4, will be held at 10:30 a.m. today at Blanchard Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Ed Jolley will officiate. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call from 9:30 a.m. until the service at the chapel...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Carolyn Anne Farquhar, 45, of East Prairie died Monday, July 26, 1999, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born Feb. 4, 1954, at Wyatt, daughter of Thomas Alfred and Anna Virginia Donaldson McKenzie. She and William Cox "Willie" Farquhar were married Aug. 31, 1972...

CHAFFEE -- Funeral Mass for Frances Ella Leible of Chaffee will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Ambrose Catholic Church. The Rev. Ralph Duffner will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call after 5 p.m. today at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee, with parish prayers to be held at 7 o'clock and VFW Auxiliary service at 7:30...

COBDEN, Ill. -- Roy G. "Bill" "Rock" Guthrie, 81, of Cobden died Sunday, July 25, 1999, at Jackson County Nursing Home in Murphysboro. He was born Aug. 13, 1917, in Cobden, son of Frank and Eva Haley Guthrie. He and Ruth A. Darnell were married Oct. 1, 1940, at Charleston, Mo...

ANNA, Ill. -- James H. "Jimmy" Murray, 59, of Anna died Sunday, July 25, 1999, at Sparta Community Hospital in Sparta. He was born June 17, 1940, at Cobden, son of Bill and Bertie Burnett Murray. He and Sue Campbell were married June 10, 1972, in Anna...

Funeral for Norma Flora Huhn of Cape Girardeau will be held at 2 p.m. today at Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Ernest Jordan will officiate. Burial will be in Cape County Memorial Park. Friends may call at the chapel from noon until service time...

DEXTER -- Reu E. Walls, 90, formerly of Dexter, died Sunday, July 25, 1999, at the Good Shepherd Care Center in Versailles. She was born Aug. 30, 1908, in Essex, to Joseph and Mary Ann Corbin Bess Anderson. She married Everett E. Walls in Idalia on July 17, 1927. He died Nov. 1, 1988...

MARBLE HILL -- Velda M. Rea, 79, of Marble Hill died Monday, July 26, 1999, at Clay West Nursing Home in St. Charles. She was born April 4, 1920, in Wayne County, daughter of Elmer and Bertha Turner Sitze. She and Lester D. Rea were married Aug. 14, 1940...

MOUNDS, Ill. -- Mae Helen Miller, 93, of Kankakee died Sunday, July 25, 1999, at Heritage Village Retirement Home in Kankakee. She was born Feb. 8, 1906, in Ullin, daughter of Elvis and Addie Mowery Hunter. She married Carl Miller, who preceded her in death...

Son to Brian W. and Melanie S. Middleton of Millersville, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 7:41 a.m. Wednesday, July 14, 1999. Name, Landon Wade. Weight, 8 pounds 14 ounces. Second child, first son. Mrs. Middleton is the former Melanie Mehler, daughter of David and Suzanne Mehler of Ste. Genevieve. She is a secretary at Biokyowa. Middleton is the son of Willard and Judy Middleton of Cape Girardeau. He is control room operator at Biokyowa...

Cape Girardeau Tuesday, July 27 Arrests Chasity Diana Danicielle Snider, 24, of 1127 Merriwether, Apt. 3, was arrested Monday for forgery. Paul Adam Bratcher, 18, of 1613 Lyndhurst and Keven Michael Cox, 18, of 1920 College were arrested Monday for possession of a controlled substance and possession of alcohol...

Seventeen students were presented $1,000 scholarships Monday from St. Francis Medical Center Foundation and Auxiliary. The students are pursuing health care careers. William H. Kiel, executive director of the foundation, said the scholarship program helps ensure the students receive the support they need to continue their education and help provide quality health care to the area...