Stories from Sunday, August 29, 1999

I am a cat named Flower. I had some fearful adventures getting to my little human, Samantha. Before I found Samantha, or Sammi, or Sam, as she may be called, I lived in a little town named Millersville. My family there, a nice young man and woman, were moving away to St. Louis...

Three new faculty members were on the job to greet returning students at Immaculate Conception School last week. Karen Engelen has joined the school as a fourth grade teacher, while Kathryn Mazzanti is teaching seventh grade and Gina Herzog sixth grade...

Over one hundred programs and exhibits describing Missouri's history during the past 12,000 years will be presented throughout the state in September as part of Missouri Archaeology Month. Programs will cover the entire span of human habitation in Missouri from man's first arrival until historic times. ...

While Dalton Florist is certainly not a new name in Jackson, the venerable florist's location is. Dalton Florist moved to 701 E. Main Aug. 2, after spending nearly 15 years at 120 N. Hope in Jackson. The business opened in Jackson 43 years ago. "It's gone really well," said Bob Cranmer, co-owner. "We're able to offer a bigger selection now that we have more room. Now we're off the road and have more parking."...

Among the less visible duties of bus driver include cleaning the buses, both inside and out. Here R-2 driver Jane Oehl works on the windshield of her bus. Jackson USA Signal/Brenda Birk School bus drivers are on the road again. Jackson R-2 drivers are again facing an anticipated busy year. Jane Oehl, committee leader and a driver for ten years with the district, said a shortage of drivers last year made for a stressful year...

Volunteers are urgently needed for various duties to participate in the Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon. The Telethon, which will air on KFVS12 on Monday, September 6, will originate part of its local segments from Illinois Centre in Marion, Ill. "Volunteers are needed in all kinds of functions, from answering the pledge phones on camera to escorting guests to the proper place within the mall," stated Tammy Wubker, MDA District Director. ...

Crafters, artisans, demonstrators and yard sale enthusiasts are wanted for the Illinois Centre Mall "Labor Day Craft Fair and Community Yard Sale" to benefit MDA. The "Craft Fair and Community Yard Sale" will run in conjunction with one of America's best known Labor Day traditions, the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon, set to broadcast from Illinois Centre Mall on Sept. 6...

The annual Fruitland School reunion will be held at the North Elementary School Sept. 5, 1-4 p.m. The senior class of 1939 and 1934 and the eighth grade class of 1949 will be honored. any members of those classes and others who attended the old Fruitland School are invited to attend. There will be refreshments and door prizes...

FORT WORTH, Texas -- Cimarron B. Boardman of Jackson competed against 66 entries, earning a top 10 finish in calf-roping competition at the American Quarter Horse Youth Association World Championship Show, August 6-14. "This is a great honor for a youth exhibitor in American Quarter Horse Association Arena Competition," said AQHA Executive Vice President Bill Brewer. "Cimarron should be congratulated for this prestigious accomplishment."...

25 years ago: 1974 H. Weldon Macke of Gordonville, county auditor, has again been elected president of Southeast Missouri Region of Easter Seal Society for crippled children and adults. Cape Girardeau County's total 1974 assessed valuation if $139,817,428, $10,280,423 increase over last year and largest single-year increase since 1969; county officials say record-setting assessment increase is result of increased construction during past two years...

In the foothills of the Ozarks, with their hollows rough and deep -- Where trees are tall and sturdy and valley walls are steep -- Where creeks are clear and flowing, and winds sing thru the pine -- Our troubles seem to vanish, we have a life sublime...

While Sally Lipke and Susan Burmeister are both first-year teachers at St. Paul Lutheran School, they bring quite different backgrounds with them. Lipke, who will be teaching second grade, has taught school in Indiana and Illinois. She has been out of the classroom during her 16 years in Cape County, though. She previously served as director of Trinity Day Care...

To the editor: Gov. Mel Carnahan greatly disappointed citizens of Southeast Missouri who love children by his veto of House Bill 427, the Infant Protection Act. This bill, passed by both houses of the Missouri Legislature, would ban the killing of infants through what is known as partial-birth abortion...

A recent Associated Press article told of the long and rich heritage of the Missouri militias, predecessors to today's familiar National Guard. The Missouri Guard traces its lineage to 1808, some 13 years before Missouri became a state. It was that year that Benjamin Wilkinson enlisted a company of infantry at Yosti's Tavern in St. Louis, according to Chief Warrant Officer Tim Roberts, command historian for the Missouri National Guard...

It was an important event in the campaign to choose Missouri's next governor: U.S. Rep. Jim Talent of St. Louis, the likely Republican nominee, became the first to propose a way out of Missouri's highway woes. Saying the time for finger-pointing and laying blame is past, Talent is offering a bold proposal to move beyond the collapse of the 15-year highway plan and to begin the task of restoring the tattered credibility of Missouri state government...

When I began a decade ago writing and talking about school choice, or parents' freedom to choose their children's schools, it was considered a strange, sort of fringe issue of the libertarian right. During my first campaign (1992), the stand I took in favor was widely considered both unwise and risky...

NOW THAT Newt Gingrich's adulterous affair has come to light and is widely reported that it was an open secret in Washington, I have a question for the right-wing group in this area: How do you claim that the press has a liberal bias when a right-winger like Newt Gingrich can get away for years with actions that the press has been deriding and attacking Bill Clinton for, actions that weren't any worse and were less overt than Newt's? You've been trying to obtain an advantage by actions that were thoroughly dishonest and reprehensible. ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Registered nurses (RN) in the region wishing to advance their careers by earning a bachelor of science degree in nursing (BSN) from Southeast Missouri State University may do so conveniently, without ever setting foot on the Cape Girardeau campus...

Recently I spent one hot and dry week in Southern Missouri traveling to many farms, ranches and agribusinesses that are the backbone of our local communities. Producers and business owners invited me and their farming friends and neighbors to meet in.the shade of their trees, barns and shops to share personal perspectives on the current agriculture crisis and their professional views on what our federal government can do to help them through these bad times...

The amount spent in the United States on education, job training, employment, community development, health, and social services is $59 billion less than the amount spent for the military. In his book, Planethood, Ken Keys Jr states, "Every year the people of this world are taxed $1,000,000,000,000 for military purposes."...

This morning, as the sun was beginning to show its dominance, I was sitting in my "relaxing" chair under the peach tree. To supplement my breakfast, I had just picked a nice peach off the tree, and was enjoying its natural sweetness. With the warmth of the sun, the outdoor life was stirring. Birds were calling to friends, a juvenile Red Headed Woodpecker was enjoying a fresh peach, and a rooster from far off was crowing...

Dr. William Heffernam, a professor of rural sociology at the University of Missouri at Columbia, has captured more than a little attention for his well-documented report on the transformation of the farm and food economy to a network of huge, vertically integrated agribusiness "clusters."...

Marianne Cook, a sophomore at Southeast Missouri State University, was recently inducted into Phi Eta Sigma sorority. She was one of 109 freshmen inducted. Phi Eta Sigma is a national scholastic honor society for college freshmen and has over 300 chapters throughout the United States...

This drawing, by Wade Cannon of Chaffee, was chosen over those by young cowboy artists from across the United States for the cover of the National High School Rodeo Championship program. CHAFFEE -- Calf roper Wade Cannon didn't qualify to compete in the National High School Rodeo Championship last month in Gillette, Wyo., but the thousands who attended saw another of his abilities...

Narvol A. Randol Sr., who distinguished himself as a tireless leader in banking, the military, and service to his community and church, died Friday at Southeast Missouri Hospital at 83. Bank president, a brigadier general in the Missouri National Guard, mayor of Cape Girardeau, and a member of 17 boards and foundations during his working life, Randol was a "leader's leader" held in the highest respect by those who knew him...

Some 300 people rushed the doors of the Osage Community Centre at 8 a.m. Saturday at the opening of the city's Summer Garage Sale. Henry Davis of Jackson was one of about 300 people standing in front of the Osage Community Centre Saturday morning waiting for the doors to open at 8 a.m. Some looked anxious for the city's Summer Garage Sale to begin, but Davis was leaning nonchalantly against a pillar...

As area students -- both public and parochial -- head back to school, 16 Lutheran congregations are already making plans for next year. The congregations, which cover an area from Sikeston to Perryville, hope to open Saxony Lutheran High School in the fall of 2000...

Joe Loyd's trailer doesn't haul race cars anymore. It transports barbecue grills. With two double-shelved meat smokers almost six feet high welded down at both ends and a healthy-sized grill between them, Loyd's trailer couldn't handle a car anymore...

Stress. We're flooded with it. It's everywhere. TV's Martha Stewart show stresses some people. TV news is a downer for others. That's according to a nationwide survey conducted by a California firm that makes and markets candles to relieve the nation's stress...

It seems every life is prone to hardship, frustration, suffering, and just plain rotten luck. We all suffer, some to greater degrees than others. No one escapes difficulty, and a Christian faith does not insulate a person from tragedy or the inequitable consequences of unjust people. That's life!...

Southeast Missouri State University's opening football game Thursday night -- against Southern Illinois at Houck Stadium -- represents less than 10 percent of the Indians' season. But there is little doubt that, if the Indians have any hopes at all of improving substantially on last year's 3-8 record, then winning Thursday's contest is a virtual must...

ST. LOUIS -- Jackson's softball team went 1-3 in the Cor Jesu Tournament on Friday and Saturday. After losing the first three games, the Lady Indians clobbered Rosary 17-0 on Saturday. Beth Becker picked up the win for Jackson (2-4) in the three-inning affair. She allowed four hits...

Last week in this column, you read about the upcoming season for mourning dove. This week we will talk about yet another early season. We will talk about teal hunting in Missouri. Teal season opens at sunrise on Saturday, Sept. 11, and closes at sunset on Sept. ...

JEFFERSON CITY -- The waterfowl hunting reservation system introduced in Missouri last year remains in effect for the 1999-2000 hunting season with a few changes. Foremost among those changes is the elimination of paper applications. Don Martin, wildlife programs supervisor with the Missouri Department of Conservation, says eliminating written applications will make applying for reservations at waterfowl hunting areas more convenient and efficient...

The 19th annual City of Roses Half Marathon will be held Sept. 26 at Arena Park. In addition to the 13.1-mile run, which begins at 7 a.m., a 5,000-meter run and 1-kilometer youth run will be held. A half-marathon power walk begins at 6:30 a.m. The 1-kilometer run is for youths ages 12 and under...

One more signup for the 1999 Cape Girardeau Youth Tackle Football League season will be held Sept. 4 from 8 a.m.-noon in Capaha Park at the corner of Broadway and Perry. The league is for boys in grades 5-7. For more information, call Andy Dunaway at 335-1475...

Season sports passes for Cape Girardeau Central High School are now on sale. A football season pass costs $10 while an all-sports pass for the school year is $40. For more information, call the Central athletic office at 335-8467.

This area has long been home to some top-notch high school volleyball teams and 1999 should prove to be no exception. As is always the case, a host of local squads enter the new season with high expectations, many of them coming off banner 1998 seasons, including Woodland, which finished fourth in the Class 2A state tournament, and Jackson, which won a school-record 29 matches...

Harold W. Kester, 75, of Chatham, Ill., died Saturday, Aug. 28, 1999, at his home. He was born Jan. 17, 1924, at Friedheim, son of William and Ada Moeller Kester. He and Madeline Kayser were married in 1948. A U.S. Army veteran, Kester served in the South Pacific for 31 months during World War II. ...

CLARKTON -- Ola Morie Wallace, 82, of Clarkton died Friday, Aug. 27, 1999, at Lucy Lee Healthcare Systems. She was born Jan. 1, 1917, at Dodge City, Kan., daughter of Jobe Hague and Alice Amelia Sample Massey. She and Don David Wallace were married...

Lillian B. Lowes, 86 years of age, of Cape Girardeau passed away Thursday, Aug. 26, 1999, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Aug. 15, 1913, in Friedheim, daughter of Albert W. and Mary Neislein Tuschhoff. On Oct. 26, 1931, she married Guy E. Lowes in Chester, Ill...

Lygia D. Temple-Whitelaw, 78, died on Saturday, Aug. 28, 1999, at the Salem Village Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Joliet, Ill. Arrangements are pending at the Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel.

Narvol Arthur Randol Sr. was born Aug. 1, 1916, in Whitewater, Mo., and passed away Friday, Aug. 27, 1999, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was 83 years old. Mr. Randol was the son of Arthur Jackson Randol and Hazel Grace Allen Randol Moore who are both deceased. He married Dorothy Louise Alma Kiehne Oct. 22, 1939, in Cape Girardeau. She survives...

Artist Tom Runnels sat on the front porch of his log cabin on Cat Ranch drinking coffee and talking about his life and his work. Runnels' dog, Shadrach, was a popular subject for his columns. Shadrach died recently and his collar now hangs on Runnels' front porch...

Mary L. Estes, president of the Cape Girardeau Evening Lions Club and Mr. and Mrs. Allen Taylor, past president of the club, attended Presidents Weekend held in Memphis this summer. They were guests of Methodist Hospital and Le Bonheur Children's Hospital. These hospitals, in conjunction with the Lions of Arkansas, Mississippi, Missouri and West Tennessee and the University of Tennessee Department of Ophthalmology, provide services for the Mid-South Lions Sight and Hearing Service...

When you're looking on the grocery shelves for apple jelly, you'll find that simple label on the side of the glass jar, "Apple jelly." You won't find "Granny Smith apple jelly," "Jonathan apple jelly," or "Winesap apple jelly." But there is one that always tells its source as if proud to say so, "Crabapple Jelly." It is different in color and taste and perhaps memory of the making. That is, if you're making it yourself...