Stories from Wednesday, July 5, 2000

ULLIN, Ill. -- A 31-year-old Dongola, Ill., woman died when her car was struck by a train in Union County on Monday, the Illinois State Police said. Carla Van McCall Wiseman was driving on Cheshire Road, about three miles west of U.S. 51 when the wreck occurred, police said. As she crossed the tracks shortly before 5 p.m., her car was struck by the train. She was pronounced dead at the scene...

Lilly Jordan celebrated the Fourth of July Tuesday in grand style with her family, playing games in the backyard, walking their dogs Oscar and Ringo and watching fireworks. It was her first official holiday as an American citizen. Lilly was born in Seoul, South Korea, as Da Hye Kim. She came to the United States almost a year later when she was adopted by Dr. Stephen and Carla Jordan. She was naturalized June 28 at the Federal Building in St. Louis, Mo...

JACKSON, Mo. -- Carl L. Penzel, 91, a "soft-spoken man with an easy nature, a dynamic drive and an endless curiosity" died Tuesday, July 4, 2000, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Penzel was always "intrigued with the challenge of finding something more," said Elane Ertman, in a 1988 article published in the Southeast Missourian...

Starting today, the Southeast Missourian has a new format for the stocks page. This new page will include: Today's stock page is on page 8A...

JACKSON, Mo. -- A little mud, a lot of cars and the biggest fireworks show in the region made City Park a regional hot spot for Independence Day. By the end of July 4, an estimated 35,000 had eaten hot dogs, gazed at hot rods and driven from Arkansas and Illinois to see what Jackson had to offer, said Tim Wright, who volunteered to organize the event for the Jackson Jaycees...

Cape Girardeau police closed the Mississippi River bridge for two hours Monday night to talk down a man who threatened to jump off the structure. Traffic was halted just before 5 p.m., and motorists were delayed or encouraged to seek alternate routes. The bridge reopened at 7 p.m...

If you're a red-blooded American, you spent at least part of yesterday sweating and red-faced, stinking of charred meat and nursing at least two burns on your hands. If you ate out yesterday, you're a communist, pure and simple. (Sorry about being so judgmental, but I'm pocketing a check from a major discount department store. ...

Despite concerns about traffic and the possibility of opening the floodgates for similar requests, the Cape Girardeau City Council granted permission to a youth basketball team wanting to collect donations Saturday at two busy intersections. The council voted 5-1 Monday night to give permission to the JAYS Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) boys basketball team to collect donations Saturday morning at the intersections of William and Kingshighway and Broadway and Kingshighway...

BENTON -- A 24-year-old Sikeston man was to appear in court today on assault and child endangerment charges. David A. Scott was in custody, charged with first-degree assault and child endangerment, after allegedly attempting to use a power tool on his 17-month-old son...

MALDEN, Mo. -- The Malden High School graduating class of 1965 will celebrate its 35th class reunion Sept. 23 at 6:30 p.m. The event will be held at the Malden Country Club in Malden, Mo. Other activities are planned for the weekend. For information, call Jeanett Green Provance at (573) 276-5039 or Bob Phillips at (573) 335-5444...

Area residents said "no news is good news" regarding Time magazine's decision not to include more than a brief mention about Cape Girardeau in a 40-page special report in the magazine released this week. Although they didn't like the characterization of the town as "racially divided," several residents said they were relieved little was made of the magazine's visit to the city...

The search for 42-year-old Ricky Wright continued along the Mississippi River on Tuesday without results, the Cape Girardeau Fire Department said. Wright, of Commerce, Mo., was one of five people in a 15-foot pleasure boat that capsized around 10 p.m. on Saturday. The four others were rescued after their boat struck a barge that was used as a permanent dock by the Cape Girardeau Sand Co., said Tom Hinkebein, battalion chief...

JONESBORO, Ill. -- Ray Sigler is waging a write-in campaign in the 12th Congressional District in Southern Illinois. Sigler, of Trenton, will discuss his plan for a national park in the immediate Southern Illinois area this week during an appearance at Jonesboro...

Son to Lance and Michelle Hahn of Millersville, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 1:55 p.m. Wednesday, June 28, 2000. Name, Landon Blake. Weight, 6 pounds 11 ounces. First child. Mrs. Hahn is the former Michelle Herter, daughter of Jay and Linda Crosnoe of Cape Girardeau. Hahn is the son of Larry and Faye Hahn of Millersville. He is employed at Procter & Gamble...

JACKSON, Mo. -- The Jackson Board of Alderman created a "consistent corridor" of zoning along East Main Street with the approval of an ordinance Monday night. The ordinance rezones a portion of East Main Street from the existing R-3 zoning boundary, which is 400 feet east of Shawnee Boulevard, eastward to property owned by Jack V. Priest...

The Cape Jr. Outdoor Tennis Tournament, recently canceled by rain, has been rescheduled for Saturday, July 15. The event will begin at 8 a.m. at the Arena Park tennis courts. Entry fee is $10 for singles and $14 per doubles team. T-shirts will be given to all participants...

The Tribal Council (Jackson H.S. Booster Club) will hold its 8th annual 4-Man Scramble Golf Tournament July 28 at Bent Creek Golf Course. The tournament will be preceded by lunch and begins with a 1 p.m. shotgun start. Cost is $65 per person. For more information, contact Wayne Turley at 243-5168 or Sam Birk 243-3958...

A men's slow-pitch softball tournament to benefit St. Jude's Children's Hospital will be held July 22-23 at Jackson City Park. Entry fee is $100 per team. For more information, contact Cliff Palmer at 243-0157 (after 6 p.m.).

Classic United Boys U-13 will hold soccer tryouts July 5-7 at Shawnee Soccer Park. The tryouts, for boys born between Aug. 1, 1987 and July 31, 1988, will be held from 6-8 p.m. A makeup tryout will be held July 9 from 5:30-7:30 p.m at Shawnee Soccer Park...

The Southeast Missouri Soccer Club will hold tryouts for boys and girls for its select teams in July. The following times for boys: Under 8 (Born 8/1/92-7/31/93) on July 7, 8, 11 (4-5 p.m.) Under 9 (Born 8/1/91-7/31/92) on July 7, 8, 9 (5:30-7 p.m.)...

The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department will sponsor its 12th annual Youth Triathlon and Kids Half-Miler at Cape Central Municipal Pool on Aug. 19. The event, for boys and girls ages 9-18, begins at 9 a.m. The Kids Half-Mile Run is for ages 4-8 and will follow the triathlon...

An N.S.A. women's world qualifier tournament will be held July 8 at the Dexter Sports Complex. There will be three divisions: Women's open, Upper (A, B) and Lower (C, D, E). Entry fee is $120. For more information, contact Nick Stevens at 472-0112 or Jimmy Smith 624-0836...

The Cape Magic U-13 girls soccer team will hold tryouts on July 5-6 at Shawnee Park (Field No. 11). Any girls born after Aug. 1, 1987 are welcome to attend. The tryouts will be held from 5-7 p.m. each day. Players interested but that can't attend, should call for the makeup date...

The SEMO Nomads Soccer Club will hold boys U-12 tryouts July 7-8 from 6-8 p.m. at Shawnee Soccer Park. Boys born on or after Aug. 1, 1989 are welcome to participate. Players must bring the proper gear, including a ball, and their own water. A medical release form will also need to be signed...

ST. LOUIS -- Matt Stroup pitched a combined 8 1/3 innings and picked up two wins to lead the Medicap Pharmacy Chaffee Legion team to a championship in the Anheuser Busch Legion Tournament on Sunday and Monday. After winning its pool, Chaffee (25-3-1) got a one-hit performance from Stroup in the semifinal for a five-inning, 10-0 victory over local rival Sikeston...

Jackson United FC will hold tryouts for boys and girls U-9 and U-10 soccer teams on July 15 and July 29 from 3-5 p.m. The tryouts will be held at the practice field behind the Jackson Junior High School and will be open to all boys and girls born on or after Aug. 1, 1990...

A tennis training camp will be held July 17-20 at Cape Central High School for girls planning to play high school tennis this fall. Camp hours are 8:30-11:30 a.m. Registration fee is $52. The camp will be held by Donna Ryan, the women's tennis coach at Southeast Missouri State University...

The third annual Parks Development Foundation Men's Individual Golf Tournament will be held July 29-30 at Jaycee Municipal Golf Course. The 36-hole tournament will be pre-flighted. Entry fee is $60 and entry deadline is July 26. Cash prizes will be awarded...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Funeral with military honors for Thomas P. Hapgood of Holts Summit will be held at 11 a.m. today at Houser-Millard Funeral Home in Holts Summit. The Rev. Don Deeken will officiate. Hapgood, 40, died Friday, June 23, 2000, near Perryville, from injuries received in an automobile accident...

JACKSON, Mo. -- Graveside service for Helen L. Bowman of Jackson will be held at 10 a.m. today at Jackson City Cemetery. The Rev. Grant Gillard will officiate. McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson is in charge of arrangements. Bowman, 84, died Sunday, July 2, 2000, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau...

DONGOLA, Ill. -- Carla Van McCall Wiseman, 31, of Dongola, died Monday, July 3, 2000, near Dongola. She was born May 9, 1969, in Carbondale, daughter of John A. and Hester Sloan McCall. She and Terry L. Wiseman Jr. were married Feb. 26, 1995, in Dongola...

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Vema O. Young, 84, of Sikeston died Saturday, July 1, 2000, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Oct. 30, 1915, in Fulton, Miss., daughter of Walter and Ada Pearl Tucker Kelso. She and James Howard Young were married in 1934. He died May 24, 1969...

DEXTER, Mo. -- Ralph "Duke" Hutchcraft, 76, of St. Louis, died Monday, July 3, 2000, at Christian Northeast Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Aug. 3, 1923, son of Oren and Flossie Bean Hutchcraft. He and Pansy Peck were married Sept. 2, 1949, in Piggott, Ark...

Yvonne Martin, 70, of Cape Girardeau, and formerly of Anna, Ill., died Monday, July 3, 2000, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Feb. 24, 1930, in Anna, daughter of Fred A. and Elsie Mae Lawrence Halterman. She and Robert Martin were married Aug. 26, 1951, at Anna...

Memorial service for David Lee McKinney of Brawley, Calif., was held June 30 at Frye Chapel and Mortuary in Brawley. Members of a Masonic Lodge officiated. Burial was in Riverview Cemetery at Brawley. McKinney, 70, died Monday, June 26, 2000, at his home...

Albert Anton Sebek, 82, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, July 3, 2000, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Dec. 10, 1917, in St. Louis, son of Anton and Mary Rhebek Sebek. He and Dorothy L. Brooks were married June 25, 1938. He worked for a trucking company as a driver until retiring. He also was a police officer with the Los Angeles Police Department for many years...

DEXTER, Mo. -- Marcia Fyke, 61, of Dexter, died Monday, July 3, 2000, at her home. She was born July 16, 1938, at Fort Wayne, Ind., daughter of Harold and Viola Butcher Mitten. She had lived in Decatur, Ill., most of her life, having moved to Dexter 12 years ago. She was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Dexter...

ADRIAN, Mo. -- Funeral for Quenton D. "Mac" McCoy of Adrian was held Monday at Dickey Funeral Home in Garden City. Billy Moore officiated. Burial was in Garden City Cemetery, with military rites by Harrisonville Honor Guard of Harrisonville. McCoy, 65, died Thursday, June 29, 2000, at Truman Medical Center West in Kansas City...

Odus Smith, 83, of Chaffee died Tuesday, July 4, 2000, at Chaffee Nursing Center. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee.

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Oliver A. "Obie" Paulus, 62, of St. Louis died Saturday, July 1, 2000, at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Oct. 29, 1937, in Perryville, son of Leo and Mildred Claussen Paulus. Paulus was a clerk with the U.S. Postal Service. He was a member of Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church in St. Louis, and a 3rd Degree member of Knights of Columbus...

To the editor: Last week the Cape Girardeau City Council considered a request for a license to sell small flasks of liquor at the service station at the corner of Broadway and Frederick. Liquor has never been sold at this location. I am a businesswoman who lives with my family and operates a bed-and-breakfast directly across Broadway from the service station. ...

The Cape Girardeau School District finds itself in a tough situation. It is bleeding faculty and staff who are leaving for better-paying jobs, but its long-term revenue outlook, while not bleak, isn't exactly rosy. Last week the Board of Education approved salary increases that will add nearly $760,000 to the budget for the school year that starts in August. The move comes two years after the district froze salaries in expectation of tight budget constraints...

In February, inspectors from the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission discovered radioactive material had contaminated Magill Hall at Southeast Missouri State University. The university didn't share that information with the public until late June...

I made a comment recently at the Senior Center that I didn't particularly enjoy watermelon. Actually, I think my comment was more like I really didn't like watermelon in any way, shape or form. I can vividly recall memories of when we were expecting the arrival of our Lexie and my niece was chewing watermelon gum. The intense aversion I had to watermelon was even greater intensified at that point...

The late Mary Jane Rathbun, a.k.a. Brownie Mary, was a beloved California crusader for the legalization of marijuana for medical use. A courageous pioneer in the fight against AIDS, she routinely gave away to people suffering from the disease batch after batch of her own prescription -- cannabis-laced brownies...

FREDERICKTOWN, Mo. -- Ruby Masterson Harpole, 72, of Fredericktown, formerly of Olive Branch, Ill., died Tuesday, July 4, 2000, at Parkland Health Center in Farmington. Friends may call after 5 p.m. Thursday at Crain Funeral Home in Tamms, Ill. Funeral will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Billy Don Heady officiating. Burial will be in Olive Branch Cemetery...

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Graveside service for Noah James Patrick will be held at 11 a.m. today at Memorial Park Cemetery. The Rev. James Brewer will officiate. Ponder Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. The infant died at birth Sunday, July 2, 2000, at Missouri Delta Medical Center...

PADUCAH, Ky. -- Linda Sue Dowdy Carr, 49, of Paducah, formerly of Mound City, died Monday, July 3, 2000, at Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah. She was born March 25, 1951, at Paducah, daughter of Paul and Louise Winters Dowdy. Survivors include two sons, Brad and Timmy Carr, both of Paducah; a brother, John Ed Dowdy of Gilbertsville, Ky.; three sisters, Phyllis Jean Buckles of Tamms, Ill., Anita Stout of Metropolis, Ill.; and Paula Justen of Warner Robbins, Ga.; a granddaughter; and special friend, Doyle Morris of Paducah.. ...

Theodore August Fornkahl, 83, of Cape Girardeau, died Tuesday, July 4, 2000, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born Feb. 28, 1917, near Egypt Mills, the son of August and Ora Lee McClain Fornkahl. He and Margaret Louise Verble were married Jan. 25, 1948, in Cairo, Ill...

Dr. James A. Kinder Jr., a longtime Cape Girardeau physician, volunteer and community leader, died in an automobile accident near Cartersville, Ga., July 1, 2000. Dr. Kinder was born Aug. 29, 1917, in Cape Girardeau, the son of James and Ella Bohnsack Kinder. He was educated in Cape public schools, graduating as the valedictorian of the Central High School class of 1933 at the age of 15. As a boy, and throughout his life, Kinder was active in Boy Scouts and attained the rank of Eagle...

Daughter to Ralph A. and Monica R. James of Jackson, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 8:04 a.m. Wednesday, June 28, 2000. Name, Addison Mae. Weight, 8 pounds 3 ounces. Third child, first daughter. Mrs. James is the former Monica Nitsch, daughter of the late Marvin and Ruth Nitsch of Jackson. She is an assistant cashier at Alliance Bank. James is the son of Robert and Marie James of Cape Girardeau. He is construction superintendent with Drury Southwest...

Marie Eleanor Richmond, 83, of Dalton, Ga., died Sunday, July 2, 2000, at Hamilton Medical Center in Dalton. She was born July 25, 1916, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Louis C. and Clara Umbeck Blattner Sr. She and Irvin J. Richmond were married May 22, 1938, in Cape Girardeau...

MAKANDA, Ill. -- Graveside service for Sadie Pitts will be held at 10 a.m. today at Casper Cemetery in Anna. The Rev. Bon Reynolds will officiate. Crain Funeral Home in Anna is in charge of arrangements. Pitts, 93, died Monday, July 3, 2000, at her home...