Stories from Sunday, June 25, 2000

REASONS TO CELEBRATE: The 1989 Fourth of July celebration was special to Jackson. The city was also celebrating its 175th anniversary. Here Cape Girardeau County Clerk Rodney Miller celebrated a point won by his team of Jackson City Hall employees, during mud volleyball competition...

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An election for the purpose of selecting a member of the Governing Board of East Missouri Action Agency, Inc. to represent the low-income residents of Cape Girardeau County will be held August 1 through August 31. The election will be held at the EMMA Office located at 1111 Linden St., Cape Girardeau, MO. 573-334-5533...

COLUMBIA -- -- Three regional representatives were elected from each of the eight regions in Missouri during the 55th annual State 4-H Congress, June 14-16, at the University of Missouri-Columbia. The 24 representatives will serve on the State 4-H Council during the next year...

JEFFERSON CITY -- For Brent Aufdenberg of Jackson, the Missouri Department of Agriculture is making it a little easier to get a college degree. Aufdenberg is one of 20 Missouri high school students who will get help from the state agriculture department to pursue a degree in agriculture or a related field. A senior at Jackson High School, Aufdenberg has been awarded a $500 scholarship to attend Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau...

First-year medical students from the Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (KCOM) recently completed two-weeks of clinical education under the supervision of Kennett Asher, D.O. of Jackson. "As one of 123 Missouri physicians who volunteered their time and expertise as preceptors, Dr. Asher is making a significant contribution to the education of future osteopathic physicians," said Mike French, co-director of the Missouri Area Health Education Centers (MAHEC) system...

Bank of Missouri breaks ground for Jackson branch The Bank of Missouri officially broke ground June 21, for their new Jackson facility. Construction will soon begin on a 5,200 sqare foot building at 233 W. Jackson Blvd. "We are very excited about this full-service bank and anxious to give Jackson a real community bank," said John M. ...

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT It is essential to economic growth to have a central organization watching community welfare and development. The Chamber provides for the needs of existing businesses as well as potential entrants within our business community 1999-2000 ACCOMPLISHMENTS:...

Over the years, Don Sievers has contributed to Jackson by building a successful local business, helping build up the Chamber of Commerce and Jackson Industrial Development Commission and being active in the Jackson Optimist Club, St. Paul Lutheran Church and the Missouri National Guard...

Twenty-five years after he became the Jackson Chamber of Commerce's first full-time director, F.R. "Buz" Sutherland still considers the city special. "The people of this community pull together like no other town I've seen," said Sutherland, now director of the Small Business Development Center at Southeast Missouri State University. ...

25 years ago, 1975 Dr. Charles M. Luetje of Jackson has been promoted in rank from major to lieutenant colonel in Air Force at Keesler Air Force Base, Biloxi, Miss.; Luetje is son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence L. Luetje of Jackson, and his wife is former Sandra McCrea of Dexter...

The American Cancer Society will host the second annual Capaha Bank and Outback Steakhouse Golf Scramble Sept. 22 at Bent Creek Golf Club. The tournament will be a four-person best ball with a twist. The first shot of each hole will be a scramble; after that, each person plays his/her own ball in and the group's lowest individual score for the hole is recorded as the tearn's score...

I don't think more than once or twice in my life, have I written to my OWN mayor, concerning possible future plans for the city -- let alone the mayor of a metropolis on the other side of the country. I was riled into action recently, when I caught part of a Braves-Red Sox game on TV. The announcers mentioned a new Fenway Park being built in Boston. I guess I've been out of the loop the last few years in baseball...

I'm sure everyone has heard of the new television show called Survivor. I find this show to be amusing and at the same time a study in human nature. J.B. Phillips, author of God Our Contemporary, remarks "The deep fundamental problems of human life are really neither intellectual nor technical ... they are problems of human relationships."...

New Adult titles in the main Jackson branch of the Riverside Regional Library include What Your Face Reveals by Henry B. Lin, Lasagna Gardening by Patricia Lanza, Small Time Operator by Bernard Kamoroff, Where You Once Belonged by Kent Haruf, On Secret Service by John Jakes, The Search by Iris Johansen, Manassas by James Reasoner, Shiloh by James Reasoner, Nightshade by John Saul, The Island Wife by Jessica Sterling, The Wind From the Hills by Jessica Sterling, Ashes of Remembrance by die Thoene.. ...

The Visiting Nurse Association of Southeast Missouri is planning a training session for volunteers who want to make a difference in the lives of families who has someone terminally ill in their care. The training session consists of two Saturday sessions on July 8 and 15, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the St. Francis Xavier Parish Hall, Stoddard St., Sikeston, Mo. 63801. Some car pooling will be available...

Armed with a brand-new camera and plenty of film, Joyce Hunter has been practicing her techniques as a photographer. She's taken photos of sunsets and canyons during a recent vacation in the West. The photographs are just the sort that could be entered in the Foto Fest 2000 contest that begins July 1...

One night in the late 1960s, eggs were left boiling overnight in John Sachen's kitchen. After the smoke cleared the next day, he went out and bought one of the earliest smoke detectors made. "At that time it cost about $125 retail," said Sachen, a Missouri state fire instructor and training officer for the Delta fire district. "But I had four daughters, so I thought it was worth it."...

Cape Girardeau Patrolman Rob Barker used a radar gun to track how fast Hykeem Hammonds could throw a baseball Saturday afternoon at the South Side Community Carnival. Good Hope Street lived up to its name Saturday, thanks to the efforts of a group determined to spread the message that hope still lives in southeast Cape Girardeau...

Sometimes it's the little things in life that make you feel great. Just ask the folks in Granite Falls, Wash. These days, they're flushed with pride. That's because Granite Falls, population 2,000, is celebrating the opening of its first public restroom...

The tremors and rigidity of Parkinson's disease had gotten so bad, Robert R. Roberts said, he just couldn't live with it anymore. His hands shook constantly, he couldn't control his mouth to talk, his movements had gotten so slow and his limbs so rigid, he couldn't get out of a chair himself...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- After the City of Columbia passed a law banning skateboarders and in-line skaters from downtown sidewalks and the University of Missouri kicked them off the grounds as well, youths went before the City Council to ask for a place to ride their boards...

Daniel Seabaugh, 13, has been skateboarding for two and a half years and said he does not know why so many people have a problem with skaters. "The way I see it," Daniel said,"it's just a sport. It's a sport like anything else. That's what I don't understand. People kick us out if we skate on their property, but we don't have anywhere else to go."...

McDowell Capaha manager Jess Bolen has been Capahas manager for 34 years now and has been affiliated with the amateur team for 40 years. It only figures that he's learned a few tricks along the way. Bolen used one of those sly maneuvers to help the Capahas (16-4) defeat Clarinda 3-2 in an extra-inning game Saturday night...

CHAFFEE -- The first game displayed the hitters, the nightcap saw a fine pitching duel. In a battle for the top spot in the Senior American Legion District 14, the Chaffee Medicap Pharmacy split a twin bill with Dunklin County Saturday afternoon at Harmon Field...

Between Tiger Woods and the Los Angeles Lakers, it has been quite a sports week. First, for Tiger. There's probably nothing I could say that hasn't already been said about a young man who is only 24 years old -- but already is being regarded by the experts as perhaps the best golfer ever...

ORAN -- Mistie Senciboy, a 2000 graduate of Oran High School, has received an athletic scholarship form Three Rivers Community College to play softball and volleyball. Senciboy, the daughter of Billy Ray and Julie Senciboy, had 100 kills and 106 blocks during her volleyball campaign a year ago an average of 3.85 kills and 4.08 blocks per game...

Dick Miller sank his first hole-in-one Saturday in the Member-Guest Tournament at Cape Girardeau C.C. Miller aced No. 6, a 150-yard par 3, with an 11-wood. Witnessing the shot was his playing partner George Landre and Jerry Brey and Dennis Drerup.

SCOTT CITY -- Recent Scott City graduate Whitney Baer recently accepted a scholarship to play volleyball at Shawnee Community College. The daughter of Kerry and Donna Thompson of Scott City and Richard Baer of Old Appleton, Baer was Scott City's Most Valuable Player this past year...

JACKSON, Mo. -- Harold and Marcia Stone of Jackson, Herman and Brenda Uelsmann of Cape Girardeau, and Gene and Diane Henry of Waterloo, Ill., announce the engagement of their children, Scott Andrew Uelsmann and Alison Renee Henry. Uelsmann is a 1992 graduate of Jackson High school. He received an associate's degree in physical therapy from Sanford Brown College in St. Louis in 1997. He is a physical therapy assistant at Vencor Hospital in St. Louis...

Terry and Nancy Weissmueller of Chaffee and Michael W. Morrow of Wappapello announce the engagement of their daughter, Sarah Jane Morrow, to B.J. Bruenderman, both of Cape Girardeau. He is the son of B.D. and Joyce Bruenderman of Cape Girardeau. A Sept. 9 wedding is planned at St. Augustine Catholic Church in Kelso...

JACKSON, Mo. -- Steve and Laurel Rhodes of Jackson announce the engagement of their daughter, Sarah Elizabeth Rhodes, to Bryan Michael Sander. He is the son of John and Pam Sander of Jackson. Rhodes expects to graduate in December from Jackson High School. She is employed at Woodard's...

Farrell and Linda Aslin of O'Fallon announce the engagement of their daughter, Dana Michelle Aslin, to Nicholas Emanuel Roberts. He is the son of Karen Roberts of Portageville. Aslin is a 1997 graduate of Fort Zumwalt North High School in O'Fallon. She is majoring in nursing at Southeast Missouri State University. She is a nurse assistant at Southeast Missouri Hospital...

It's summertime. The time of year when you are busy with a variety of outdoor activities. Maybe a fishing trip. Maybe mowing the lawn. Maybe planning a vacation trip or a Fourth of July picnic. If you deer hunt in Missouri, you should also be making plans for the November firearms deer season because permits go on sale July 1...

Mr. and Mrs. Tom Millburg of Cape Girardeau announce the engagement of their daughter, Sheila Lynn Millburg, to Matthew Kenneth Hood, both of Colorado Springs, Colo. Millburg is a 1992 graduate of Notre Dame High School. She received a bachelor of science degree in special education from Union University in Jackson, Tenn., in 1996. She is employed by Colorado Springs School District 11, and Sylvan Learning Center...

Margaret Mary Hughes, 72, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, June 24, 2000, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Funeral arrangements are pending at Hileman and Parr Funeral Services.

To the editor: Thank you for printing my letter concerning the serenity prayer. I must confess that I was actually using the newspaper hoping someone would read the letter. It turns out I am the one who learned from sending the letter. I had no idea there was more to the serenity prayer other than the first verse. ...

Clarence Loos, 83, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, June 24, 2000, at Ratliff Care Center. Arrangements are incomplete with McCombs Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.

JACKSON, Mo. -- Virginia Nell Van Sieleghem, 91, of Jackson died Friday, June 23, 2000, at Jackson Manor in Jackson. She was born Feb. 24, 1909, at Cape Girardeau, daughter of Dave and Ollie Miller Williams. She and Henry Van Sieleghem were married in 1947. He died in 1960...

COBDEN, Ill. -- Harry Kenneth "Kenny" Helms, 60, of Cobden, formerly of Mound City and Cairo, died Saturday, June 24, 2000, at City Care Center of Cobden. He was born July 9, 1939, at Mound City, son of Kenneth Ray and Flossie Glenn Helms. Helms was a laborer for Southern Clay in Olmsted. He was a Pentecostal...

Larry George Holdman, 52, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, June 24, 2000, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Nov. 1, 1947, in Leadwood, Mo., the son of Eugene J. and Gertrude G. Owens Holdman. He and Ruth Ellen James were married Dec. 26, 1970, in Desloge, Mo...

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Evelyn Murrah, 87, of Chaffee died Friday, June 23, 2000, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Oct. 12, 1912, at Maben, Miss., daughter of Cullen and Inez Elmore Berry. She and James E. Murrah were married. He died Nov. 22, 1964...

To the editor: I want to bring some insight to VIP Industries. Hillary Schmittzhe and Susan Wallis and all the staff are really good, warmhearted, genuine, down-to-earth people. It bothers me for all these people to be saying these things. I know a few who personally haven't darkened the doors at VIP. They do not know what VIP is all about...

The World Health Organization reports that U.S. health care is the most expensive in the world and ranks us only 37th in the quality of that care among 191 countries. WHO says we Americans spend the most per capita. If you believe these folks, it is France that provides the finest when it comes to health care, with Italy ranked No. 2. Britain, with its free national health service so beloved of socialist planners everywhere, ranked 18th...

With its observance just days away, many have already carefully planned how they want to observe the 224th anniversary of the American Revolution, an event with antecedents many citizens little understand or appreciate. We only know the Fourth of July is a time of fireworks, trips to visit friends or relatives, barbecues and cook-outs. We observe Independence Day as a tie of recreation, not celebration or contemplation...

So the missing computer hard-drives from the Los Alamos laboratory have been found behind the copy machine. This is an incredible episode almost unimaginable in any previous administration in American history. But not for the Clinton administration...

WHAT A strange phenomenon. After all we know about this corrupt Clinton-Gore administration, Clinton's accomplice in abuse of power, Albert Gore, has the gall to think he should be elected to continue this autocratic control regime. Absolutely unbelievable. Will deceit never cease?...

"I don't know if Gore is going to beat Dubya. If I knew how to beat Dubya, I would have done it myself." -- Former Texas Gov. Ann Richards, an upset loser to George W. Bush in 1994, as quoted in The Washington Post. A little more than four months to go, and predictions are, as always, iffy. ...

Steve Zschille lives on Route B just south of highway 72. He bought the property years ago from Delmar Seabaugh, who had collected license plates from all 50 states and put them up on a shed. Route B spans the Whitewater river where this family enjoyed a relaxing Saturday afternoon...

KELSO, Mo. -- Jane Slaten and Jim Spantgos exchanged wedding vows April 29, 2000, at St. Augustine Catholic Church. The Rev. Oliver Clavin performed the double ring ceremony. Readers were Bob Bauer of Cape Girardeau and Jessica Morrow of Jackson, niece of the bride. Organist was Betty Ressel of Kelso. Soloists were Bobby Ressel of Kelso and Laura Brown of Jackson, cousin of the bride...

Nancy K. Hagy and James L. Drews were married May 20, 2000, at Bell City Assembly of God Church in Bell City. Curtis True performed the double ring ceremony. Music was provided by Joyce Borgfield of Cape Girardeau. The bride is the daughter of Donald Howard of Cape Girardeau, and the late Betty Howard. Drews is the son of the late Pearl Drews of Bernie...

Always on the lookout for new and unusual sights, I was treated to one last week. A full-grown rabbit came hopping purposely across the yard. It made two or three stop-look-and-listen breaks in its journey toward what must have been the destination point in its mind...

BENTON, Mo. -- Mr. and Mrs. Arlie Houck of Benton observed their 50th anniversary recently with several celebrations. The first was held at the Chateau Knoll in Bettendorf, Iowa, hosted by their son and daughter-in-law, Alan and Victoria Houck of Davenport, Iowa...

JACKSON, Mo. -- Angela Kaye Heizer and Eric John Stiegemeyer were married June 26, 1999, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Prairie Du Rocher, Ill. The Rev. Albert Kreher performed the ceremony. Organist was Mary Melliere and guitarist was Josh Eyring...

JACKSON, Mo. -- Amanda Summer Sandish and E6 Rick Alan Kaiser were married March 7, 2000, at Finley Park in Columbia, S.C. Notary Tanya Tipper performed the double ring ceremony. Parents of the bride are Charlie Sandish of Charleston, S.C., and Luanne Sandish of Columbia, S.C. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kaiser of Jackson...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Claire Ann Lafoon and Scott Lessley Watson were married April 15, 2000, at St. Patrick's Catholic Church. The Rev. Jerome Fortenberry performed the ceremony. Readers were Amanda Brantley of Paducah, Ky., and Dr. Sarah Aydt of Cape Girardeau, Mo...

A high-rise walkway, Sunflower Street, between six model gardens shows the colorful crowd in the West Marquee. "Flower Market," a shampoo ginger plant, was on display at the Barbados Horticultural Society's space in the East Marquee. "The Millennium Festival Growing for the Future" by the Birmingham City Council shows part of the ceiling of the Chelsea show's new marquee made of polyvinyl chloride and polyester...

The house at 1504 Briarcliff is off of Lexington in Cape Girardeau and is perfect for people who are tired of cookie-cutter homes. You'll hardly realize you've left the outdoors when you step into this spacious corner lot Cape Girardeau home. Walls of windows opening to a uniquely creative rear garden and skylights bring the outdoors in...