Stories from Wednesday, September 6, 2000

In my last column I explained what lawn seed to use in different situations. Today I want to explain what fertilizer to use when seeding a lawn and also discuss the use of lime and the seeding process. Fertilizers are required by law to be identified by their contents of nitrogen (N), phosphorous (P) and potassium (K), in that order. ...

By Daniel Crocker 100s of poems Ilchapbooks 3 broadsides I real book half a good line no money just not much of a market or poetry these days still it goes on which is more than you can say about a lot of things

By Mix 104.7's Jason Parker Time is more valuable than money, so instead of spending five minutes aimlessly trying to explain what The Cloning of American Music means and how it affects you, I will give you a scenario. You're driving along listening to the radio. ...

SPEAK EASY By John Wymann Vodka, not just for breakfast anymore... Long the spirit of choice for serious alcoholics, the same characteristics that made this liquor popular with the drink and hide crowd have helped to catapult the segment into stardom. ...

The amount of talent in this town can and will surprise you the longer you stay here. We (yes, this includes me) don't really look around and see all of the intricate things that lie before us and think: "Hey, I bet that took a lot of talent to do." Now, when I say art, I'm not just talking about the mural that's painted on the floodwall downtown. ...

A short story by Daniel Crocker At first, I'd only seen a few brown leaves move like waves, over and under each other, out of the corner of my eye. As I turned my head I saw more. A thin, aluminum wire body with watery rainbow colors. A diamond-head and darting pink tongue. ...

By Amber Niswonger Energy Energy Energy!!! Aren't we all looking for energy? There are many things people use to increase energy. Some of them are coffee and soda. So, before you take your next dose of caffeine pills and down it with a double shot of espresso, think about trying something new for energy. How about a smoothie or juice?...

Classic Horror Films in the Reel News Psycho The 1960 version, starring Anthony Hopkins and Janet Leigh. After stealing money from her office, Marion Crane (Leigh) meets Norman Bates, amateur taxidermist and the manager of a run-down roadside motel. Bates suffers under the domination of his "mother," who savagely disapproves of fast women. Generally considered the precursor of the horror genre, Psycho is an unmitigated masterpiece...

The Dharma Bum by Jaysen Buterin "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." -Mark Twain Hey there true believers. It's me, your dharmic friend Jaysen, writing to you from Greensboro, North Carolina. ...

Smell This.... by Amber Niswonger Have you ever walked into a room and, all of a sudden, the smell brought back memories. Smells trigger our brain in many different ways. Aromatherapy is the term used to describe the use of essential oils to treat various physical and emotional ills. Aromatherapy is used to purposely trigger any number of emotions, relaxed, excited, happy,etc...

By Donna Denson This week's trip: Mingo National Wildlife Refuge 2 miles north of Puxico, MO, on State Hwy 51. (573) 222-3589 The Mingo swamp was formed about 18,000 years ago when the Mississippi River shifted to the east, leaving a dense swamp to form in its abandoned channel. In 1945, the area was established as a National Wildlife Refuge, primarily to provide resting, nesting, and feeding habitat for waterfowl and other migratory birds...

By Daniel Crocker My daughter's hair grows wild, like mine; it twists into dark curls, spirals up like ivy, stands tall like weeds, or puffs like a great fish. My wife (whose hair is straight) tries to calm it with water and the deft strokes of a brush;...

As glistening soap bubbles floated across his face, Logan LeGrand got a great laugh. He particularly enjoyed trying to catch the bubble that landed on his nose, said his father, Paul LeGrand of Cape Girardeau. The elder LeGrand captured the moment on film. The picture, taken on Logan's first birthday, was selected as the People's Choice Award Winner in Foto Fest 2000...

Missouri teen-agers who hope to get a drivers license on their 16th birthday next year need to start planning and practicing now. Starting Jan. 1, 16-year olds won't be able to get a license unless they have had a permit for six months. That means a 15-year old born March 6, 1984, would have to get his instruction permit today in order to be eligible for a license on his birthday...

Circuit Judge Bernhardt C. Drumm Jr. has ruled in favor of Southeast Missouri State University in a lawsuit brought by former Southeast basketball coach Ron Shumate. Drumm granted the university's motion for summary judgment last week, ruling against Shumate on all counts. Oral arguments were heard Aug. 24 in the judge's chambers in St. Louis County. The ruling came five days later...

JACKSON, Mo. -- A resolution calling for automated traffic signals or other traffic controls at the intersection of Farmington Street and Jackson Boulevard will be sent to the Missouri Department of Transportation. The Jackson Board of Aldermen passed the resolution Monday. ...

The city's planning commission favors widening Mount Auburn Road to five lanes of traffic, including a center turn lane, but the project would have cost too much money to be considered as part of the Transportation Trust Fund, said Charles Haubold, planning and zoning chairman...

Cape Girardeau property owners living within 200 feet of a proposed liquor retailer or bar now can voice their concerns about whether or not the city council grants a liquor license. And their concerns must be taken into consideration when members of the Cape Girardeau City Council vote on the matter, according to a proposed ordinance...

Public hearings n Held public hearing regarding the trickling filter rehabilitation at the wastewater treatment plant, to review and seek public input and comment for proposed improvements to the wastewater collection system. n Held public hearing regarding the financing and impact on user charges of the trickling filter rehabilitation facility plan for the upgrading of the wastewater treatment plant trickling filter...

A man was stabbed early Sunday morning inside a Cape Girardeau bar. No names were released by Cape Girardeau police but a suspect is in custody pending the filing of formal charges. Officers responded to a stabbing call at 12:47 a.m. Sunday at the Taste Lounge, 402 Good Hope Street...

Notre Dame is to flukes what Head & Shoulders is to flakes. After posting a 1-0, double-overtime win over a short-handed Cape Central (3-2) squad on Saturday in the championship game of Notre Dame's Soccerfest, the young Bulldogs figured to be young underdogs when the two teams squared up under the lights Tuesday at Southeast Missouri State's intramural field...

Their long and difficult road trip to Marshall behind them, Southeast Missouri State University's football Indians can now begin turning their attention to regional rival Southern Illinois University. The Indians, who opened the 2000 season with a 63-7 thrashing at the hands of Division I-A power Marshall Thursday night, figure to be on a much more level playing field Saturday when they take on SIU's Salukis in a 1:30 p.m. kickoff at McAndrew Stadium in Carbondale...

It was great to go back home last week to a place where I had lived and worked for the past 10 years. I got to see a lot of friends and our football team got to experience a great atmosphere for college football, playing in front of an enthusiastic crowd of over 30,000 fans...

Southeast Missouri State University freshman Erika Todd has been named the OVC Soccer Player of the Week after scoring four goals and recording two assists in a pair of Otahkian victories. During play in the Ball State Tournament over the weekend, Todd had three goals and one assist during a 9-0 rout of Youngstown State and she recorded one goal and one assist during a 4-1 win over Western Illinois...

After watching a six-run lead vanish late in the game, the Notre Dame softball team kept its composure and came back for an 8-7 win over Poplar Bluff. The Lady Bulldogs (6-3), cruising along with a 7-1 lead going into the top of the sixth, saw the Lady Mules rally for six runs to tie the score at 7-7...

SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- Jerry Dewayne Prichard, 52, of St. Louis died Saturday, Sept. 2, 2000, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. He was born Dec. 14, 1947, in Chicago, son of James H. and Wanda L. Jones Prichard. He and Joan Marie Mantia were married Aug. 23, 1972, in Clayton, Mo...

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Chester L. Morgan, 84, of Chaffee, died Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2000, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 13, 1916, at Chaonia, Mo., son of Jeff Lloyd and Annie Delilah Rievley Morgan. He and Audrey Tanner were married May 4, 1935. She survives...

NEW MADRID, Mo. -- Funeral for James Darth "J.D." Dowd of New Madrid will be held at 11 a.m. today at Richards Funeral Home. Dowd, 79, died Sunday, Sept. 3, 2000, at Baptist Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. He was born Sept. 12, 1920, at Hayti, Mo., son of Sidney L. and Sarah B. Dowd Sr. He and Jewell Prewitt were married Jan. 3, 1944, in Marion, Ark...

David C. Rasche, 36, of Mishawaka, Ind., died Thursday, Aug. 10, 2000, at St. Joseph Medical Center in South Bend, Ind. He was born Oct. 18, 1963, in New York, son of Robert E. and Ruth Kasten Rasche formerly of Cape Girardeau. He married Michele Morgan-Englehart...

Eugene May, 59, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2000, at his home. He was born March 12, 1941, in Cape Girardeau, son of J.C. and Cleo Dabbs May. He and Barbara J. Gooch were married May 20, 1961, in Cape Girardeau. May was a truck driver with Roberts, Delta Express in Cape Girardeau, and Heavy Duty Trux in Bloomfield, Mo. He was an independent contractor for the Southeast Missourian Newspaper, retiring in 1999...

DEXTER, Mo. -- Funeral for Esther P. Jones of Caseyville, Ill., will be held at 2 p.m. today at Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Dexter. The Rev. Mark Kennedy will officiate. Burial will be in Walker Cemetery near Bloomfield, Mo. Jones, 84, died Sunday, Sept. 3, 2000, at Magnolia Regional Hospital in Corinth, Miss...

Bessie Alberta Hand, 77, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Sept. 4, 2000, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Feb. 2, 1923, in Bollinger County, daughter of Charles and Carrie Gloth Hahn. She and Jesse Walton Hand were married March 29, 1941, in Cape Girardeau. He died April 15, 1998...

ANNA, Ill. -- Elsie Mae Halterman, 91, of Anna died Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2000, at Jonesboro Healthcare Center. She was born Feb. 22, 1909, in Charleston, Mo., daughter of Frank and Gussie Forgey Lawrence. She and Fred A. "Freddie" Halterman were married in 1929, in Anna. He preceded her in death...

I JUST want to compliment Fred Lynch on that wonderful picture on the front of the Aug. 30 Sports section. That is such a great picture, and it shows all of the emotion that these boys felt. It is just a darling picture. I JUST like to say thank you to the Southeast Missourian for finally putting out a decent article on the Cape Central boys' soccer team. We've put in a lot of hard work, and it is about time we got the respect we deserved...

With the sponsorship of Southeast Missouri State University, the Lift for Life Academy recently became the first charter school to open in St. Louis. Southeast has the opportunity to expand its involvement in the charter-school experiment by approving another sponsorship request...

Violent crimes leave many victims in their wake, not just those who are the actual targets. Consider the case of Gary Lee Roll, who was executed last week for the 1992 murders of three members of the Scheper family in their Cape Girardeau home. In recent interviews, surviving Scheper family members talked of how they felt -- and continue to feel -- victimized not just by Roll, but by the legal system. ...

To the editor: U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson's attempt to explain away her vote to force physicians to pay union tribute to practice medicine ("Emerson comes under fire from Right to Work group," July 31) scores a 10 for effort but a zero for accuracy. Emerson's assertion that the Cox right-to-work amendment that she helped narrowly defeat would have "gutted" the Quality Health Care Coalition Act (House Resolution 1304) is inaccurate...

Our start of school has been very eventful so far this year. On the first day of school, Scott and Ross ran out of gas going to school. The fuel sensor on the van had broken and showing nearly a half tank of gas, so running out was not the first thing they thought of. So they walked to school and made it just in the nick of time. Our principal was great about it. He laughed and said, "Yeah, I've heard that one before."...