Stories from Thursday, November 23, 2000

A Honor Roll grade six Anne Marie Bernhardt, Brittany Bollinger, Cortney Boitnott, Meredith Busch, Grace Courvoisier, Stuart Greaser, Lindsay Greene, Emily Hiett, Ali Ligons, Ashley Marberry, Jake Meyer, Rene Moreland, Amanda Nabors, Kathryn Renfrow, Rebecca Rollins, Samantha Roussel, Ashley Smith...

Cynics, scholars, comedians, candidates, reporters, writers, philosophers and just about everyone else from Plato to Groucho has used humor at one time or another. Every wit, wag, pundit, punster and one-liner champion has tried his hand at humor. Humor is being applied in business to reduce stress and prevent burnout...

High Honor Roll Grade twelve Lindsey Baker, A.J. Bedwell, Hailey Fehr, Christopher Hendrix, Brandy Lindberg, Ashley Porch, Clay Sanders, Ashley Wiggins. Grade eleven Britne Amick, Michelle DeLaCruz, Kyla Smith, Philip Spinks. Grade ten Chris Bradshaw, Angel Butler, Brandi Compass, Ashley Davis, Amanda Eades, Audrey Heisserer, Loretta Holmes, Maria Lett, Katie Mirgeaux, Jennifer Pinkston, Megan Ressel, Hannah Robert, Kristin Schaefer...

Grade Twelve Chris Callow, Stacey Eftink, Zachary Evans, Adam Friga, James Graviett, Justin Graviett, Kellee Griffin, Christa Griswell, Russ Hatfield, Kara Kyle, Jenny Lange, Jessica Laws, Lena Morgan, Carrie Mosebach, Crystal Nelson, Tammie Senciboy, Hannah Sindle, Rebecca Trankler...

High Honors Grade Seven Kaushik Sarkar. Grade Six Lynlee Archer, Andrew Britton, Mario Larry, Gerrid Rose, Andrew Webb. Grade Five Monique Davis, Tiffany Hollis, Kelly Masters, Kim Nance, Jeremy Polley. Grade Four Ethan Adams, Ronique Bailey, Clint Barnes, Briana Dahn, Tyler Dixon, Emilie Edwards, Brittany Housman, Jeserick Pilgram, Lindsey Potts, Aaren Powers, Chris Pullett, Jamie Temke, Ashley Thompson, Danee Wells...

A Honor Roll Grade eight Kyle Curry, Mark Dannenmueller, Steven Eeftink, Clayton Eftink, Amanda Essner, Blake Essner, Renee Essner, Dane Gibson, Mitchell Glueck, Aaron Jenkins, Brandon Job, Tasha Layton, Derek Ressel, Nick Schwartz, Chad Slaten, Whitney Stamp, Alana Weissmueller...

The key to a successful holiday isn't the abundance of gifts, food and holiday invitations but the simplicity of the celebration. Holidays are often stressful -- flooded with shopping, family gatherings, parties, and added expenses -- but they don't have to be, area health care professionals say...

A Honor roll Grade twelve Sarah Arnold, Andrea Dirnberger, Aaron Glastetter, Casey Graviett, Travis Hanback, William Hargrove, Morgan Kiefer, Courtney Loucks, Brooke McFerron, Ashley Pepple, Jodi Pfefferkorn, Rocky Portell, Ashlie Smith, Kristi Uhrhan...

A Honor Roll Grade Eight Jessica Andersen, Laura Browne, Austin Critchlow, Ashley Dix, Lauren Essner, Rachael Essner, Brian McCrate, Lauren Mehner, Kenny Schmitz, Megan Stidham, Mark Unterreiner, Jesse Westrich. Grade Seven Jennifer Barrett, Alex Baughn, Andrew Buelow, Allison Dohogne, Ashly Ducharme, Chris Eddleman, Claire Edwards, Eden Ellison, Brooke Heischmidt, Kristen Hinton, Brandon Holzum, John Kiblinger, Nathan Kolda, Gina Kuntz, Jameson Kuper, Matthew Pfau, Kyle Schade, Danielle Schumer, Margaret Zimmer.. ...

A Honor Roll Grade Nine Nadine Aboul-Magd, Danielle Auer, Blake Barks, Aaron Bornstein, Tori Browning, Jill Bryant, Michaelyn Burns, Staci Cook, Stacy Dohogne, Paul Drews, Timothy Egbuka, Joshua Fee, Erika Foley, Meagan Freeze, Merritt Gerlach, Louis Hagler, Aysha Hency, Kelli Holland, Blaire Holmes, Calandra Jackson-Jones, Monica Jordan, Scott Kaverman, Cassie Kipper, Jacob Knepp, Candace London, Melissa Mack, Cory Machbanks, Megan McDonald, Katelyn Metje, Rachel Morse, Varonnica Murphy, Darren Neels, Tuan Ngueyn, Todd Obergoenner, Chelsey Oliver, Edgar Palacios, Rebecca Payne, Amber Pierce, Katie Porter, Alex Ramsey, Tyler Roeger, Bryan Ross, James Russel, Alex Schroeder, Kyle Schuessler, Tyson Seabaugh, Patrick Slattery, Sabrina Stokes, P.D. ...

A Honor Roll Grade twelve Lindsay Bohnert, Tiffany Brey, Ryan Brown, Stefanie Campos, Phillip Davidson, Jennifer Diebold, Lance Dohogne, Scott Eftink, Jill Eichhorn, Amber Elfrink, Kurt Glastetter, Amanda Gosche, Michael Ha, Blake Heuring, Gail Heushober, Karen Ivers, Susan Judd, Lucas Klein, Carrie Laurentius, Susan Layton, Rebeckah Lingle, Herman Lui, Gregory Lumsden, Katie Mehner, Stephanie Meyer, Jessica Morrow, Kindra Nenninger, Jeffrey Overbey, Nicole Passini, Jonathon Ressel, Tony Riely, Jennifer Stout.. ...

Photo/Graph ic: A Honor Roll grade nine Jacob Adams, Teri Asher, Ashley Bartels, Jonathan Beasley, Nathan Bell, Lauren Berndt, Kathleen Biri, Anna Bishop, Daniel Bono, Neil Briner, Gussie Brotherton, Chelsea Brown, Hailey Clardy, Amber Clements, Torie Cox, Tyler Craven, Lynsie Creasman, Emily Curtis, Casey Dickerson, Todd Diebold, Kara Dietz, Tyler Dumey, Jamie Dunlap, Bradley Eaton, Emma Evans, Jessica Farrow, Curtis Felker, Jennifer Ferrell, Nicholas Fiehler, Nikki Floyd, Amanda Foltz, Aaron Fortner, Joanna Friese, Kelly Gerlach, Gregory Gholson, Justin Gibbs, Malerie Goodman, Jonathan Gould, Gabriel Gross, Linden Hahs, Tyler Halterman, Audrey Henckell, Amanda Herbst, Jon Hervas, Nathaniel Hinckey, Shawn Hinkebein, Bradley Holten, Adam Hosp, Brock Howard, Brian Huckstep, Cole Humprey, Michael James, Andrea Jestus, Jack Johnson, Christian King, Nicole Klim, Jason Ladner, Melissa Lane, Scott Lang, Amber Leirer, Kelley Lichtenegger, Brandy Liebeknecht, Jeremy Loenneke, Jessica Loos, Kate Loos, Clarissa Lorenz, Ryan Lucy, Zachary Mais, Brian McDonald, Jessica McIntyre, Tyler McNeely, Jordan Melvin, Kelly Mitchell, Ross Myers, April Niswonger, Kali Niswonger, Travis Niswonger, Jeremie Nothdurft, Elizabeth Nussbaum, Maria Oehl, Christy Pelikan, Christopher Philipps, Curtis Profilet, Laura Puchbauer, Tyler Puchbauer, Kelly Rees, Kelly Riggs, Eric Roth, Danielle Ruble, Leigha Sander, Krista Sanders, Amber Saupe, Jennifer Schlick, Charity Seyer, Kelsey Shearon, Matthew Shelton, Kymberly Shipman, Ryan Sitzes, Kristin Smith, Toni Smith, Jill Sneathen, Andrea Soemo, Amanda Spooler, Scott Sterling, Holly Stockard, Heather Swift, Matthew Tidwell, Andrea Tripoli, Kathryn Vangilder, Benjamin Wachter, Amanda Watson, Abigail Weinrich, Angela Welker, Sarah Wessel, Meagan Whitehead, Phillip Wichern, Rebecca Wissehr, Kaci Wright, Michael Wright.. ...

A Honor Roll GRADE FIVE Jordan Baker, Mitchell Baltzell, Beth Barton, Caitlin Bell, Caleb Beussink, Elizabeth Bierer, Michael Carbaugh, Paige Clark, Nicollette Cox, Michael Craig, Kevin Cronenbold, Wesley Derrick, Benjamin Douglass, Brandon Erwin, Janet Fellows, Seth Gregory, Lindsey Hartle, Tim Heaton, Morgan Henley, Karly Hinkebein, Zachary Kreifels, Samantha Lunsford, Laura Lusk, Sean Malone, Olivia Meyer, Courtney Moore, Jeanette Mouser, Morgan Pensel, Andrea Penzel, Travis Smith, Joshua Spies, Garret Stone, Amber Strauser, Logan Sutherlin, Brooke Taylor, Kyle Taylor, Alex Tripp, Corey Trowbridge, Andy Vestal, Taneikia Winfield.. ...

A Honor Roll grade twelve Megan Beggs, Sarah Butler, Andrew Canter, Christina Emerine, Adam Haines, Keisha Hamm, Wesley Hamm, Brooks Heuring, Jon Heuring, Nicole Kern, Amber Laster, Nancy Lewer, Michael Roslen, Laura Ruff, Timothy Schmitt, Veronica Vinyard, Katie Wisdom...

A Honor Roll Grade one Karlie Ashcraft, Summer Burger, Kahri Diebold, Lindsay Kern, Brittany Kiefer, Landon Klaffer. Grade two Haley Glastetter, Kaitlin Glastetter, Tara Grojean, Shawn Heuring, Brandi Kern, Brooke Seyer. Grade three Ellen Ashcraft, Brooke Glastetter, Cody Kern, Jordan Klaffer, Chelsea Paul...

Scholastic honor roll GRADE EIGHT Rachel Lowes, Casey Schneider. GRADE SEVEN Sarah Hinkebein, Majhon Phillips. GRADE FIVE Anna Haertling, Jessica Reisenbichler, Andrea Schreiner, Casey Schwab, Nikki Tuschoff. High honor roll GRADE EIGHT Chastity Birk, Julia Brown, Liza Brown, Adam Ross, Ashley Sewing, Tyler Sprandel, Zachary Statler, Lisa Steffens, Sarah Trotter, Ashley Wachter...

A Honor Roll Grade twelve Bailey Bowers, Erin Cook, Katrina Cooper, Stepahnie Dannemueller, Tiffany Elliott, Elaine Henderson, Darrin Moore, Amber Ziller. Grade eleven Daniel Carroll, Christy Gramlisch, Amanda Sanders. Grade ten Rebecca Below, Rebecca Cook, Sarah Jo Cook, Andrea Dohogne, Katrina Flores, Ashley Hinkebein, Thomas Horn, Joseph Keys, Steven Moore, Aaron Sanders, Daniel Woods...

A Honor Roll Grade Five Craig Arnzen, Brittany Dohogne, Emily Glueck, Donielle Howell, Heather Huckstep, Cassandra Kiefer, David Massey, Ryan Miller, Megan Raines, Lauren Schaefer, D.J. Sharrock, Whitney Tapley, Ethan Watkins, Jordan Weiss, Marcus Wiggins, Kristen Yetman...

Egyptian School High Honors Grade twelve Kayla Williams, Leslie Willis, Amy Bridges, Keith Caldwell, Stormy Sentz, Tameka Ballentine, Jill Rodgers, James Morrow, Annie Carr, James Powell, Heather Huffhine. Grade eleven Sara Rivet, Christopher Honey, Emily Randol, Leslie Houston, Angela Kirby, Jacquelyn Bledsoe, Roberta Skaggs...

Hours after the last piece of pumpkin pie is eaten and the last football game watched, a special cadre will spring into action -- retail employees who will swing open store doors Friday to herald the first official day of the holiday shopping season...

With its decision to videotape red light runners at a Cape Girardeau intersection stalled until next year, opinions about the system run the gamut among city council members. Two councilmen are wholly in favor of the system, two are undecided and three said they likely would vote against asked today...

Nov. 23, 2000 Dear Adams family, On Nov. 23, 1963, America was one day into mourning the death of John F. Kennedy. At 13, I was old enough to feel the historic gravity of those days and young enough to want normality -- the weekend football games on TV -- restored, as if that would mean everything was going to be OK...

BENTON, Mo. -- A 32-year-old Cape Girardeau man accused of murder said he may have had the idea to kill his 57-year-old lover, but it was his cousin who hit her several times in the head with a hatchet. Charles "Scott" Biggs waived his own preliminary hearing Wednesday in the killing of Willie Mae Vasquez to testify against Gary W. Biggs, 36, of Scott City, Mo...

The Cape Girardeau County Park Board began its annual Holiday of Lights display at Cape Girardeau County North Park on Wednesday with a lighting ceremony. This year marks the 13th annual holiday display. The tradition started with 11 displays. Participation has increased yearly to over 200 displays featured this year, all sponsored by church groups, individuals, businesses and civic organizations...

Cape Girardeau drivers who wonder what it's like to be electronically recorded and cited for running red lights can look to Vienna, Va., for insight. Vienna, a Washington, D.C., suburb of 16,000, has automated red light technology nearly identical to the system Cape Girardeau officials are thinking of using here...

Cape Girardeau school principals saw absenteeism double in most cases Wednesday as families got a jump-start on holiday traveling. Despite a half-day schedule that ended just after lunch, more than 255 students were absent from the district-sponsored Missouri Preschool Project through ninth grades. Absentee figures from the high school were unavailable Wednesday afternoon...

I hope everyone is enjoying a great Thanksgiving! Although our players won't be home for Thanksgiving, they will enjoy a great Thanksgiving buffet at our hotel, the Hyatt Regency in Kansas City. We left at 7 a.m. this morning so we would be at the hotel in time to enjoy what everyone says is one of the best Thanksgiving buffets in the Midwest. ...

Funeral for Marsha Jean Easton of Bloomington, Ind., was held Nov. 16 at House of Prayer Church. Larry Mitchell officiated. Burial was in Valhalla Memory Gardens. Allen Funeral Home in Bloomington was in charge of arrangements. Easton, 51, died Monday, Nov. 13, 2000, at her home...

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Marie Cline, 85, died Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2000, at Clearview Nursing Center. She was born April 27, 1915, in New Madrid County, Mo., daughter of Henry and Anna Caroline "Carrie" Rettig Price. She and Curtis H. Cline were married Nov. 2, 1935, at Sikeston...

JACKSON, Mo. -- Betty Jean Johnson, 76, died Monday, Nov. 20, 2000, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Friends may call Friday, Nov. 24, from 4-8 p.m. at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson. Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. The Rev. Robert Henrichs will officiate. Burial will be in Garden of Memories Cemetery at Sikeston, Mo...

BENTON, Mo. -- Monroe E. Bollinger, 77, of Benton died Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2000, at his home. He was born July 10, 1923, at Benton, son of Victor M. and Clementine Hahn Bollinger. He and Frances Marie Micheal were married Jan. 17, 1948, at Benton. Bollinger worked for Gerhardt Construction Co. 23 years. He owned and operated M&M Drive-In at Benton many years, and served as mayor of Benton for five terms. He also was a self-employed carpenter many years...

Funeral for Montez Bowers of Cape Girardeau will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel. The Rev. Mike Woelk will officiate. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery near Advance, Mo. Friends may call at the chapel from 5-9 p.m. Friday...

PUXICO, Mo. -- H.C. "Junior" Wineinger, 78, of Puxico died Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2000, at Dexter Memorial Hospital in Dexter, Mo. He was born March 20, 1922, at Acorn Ridge, Mo., son of H.C. and Carrie Schnarr Wineinger Sr. He and Edna Staats Stilts were married in 1980 in Puxico...

Alma Irene Wise, 94, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2000, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born July 12, 1906, near Jackson, Mo., daughter of John Henry and Jessie K. Moore Turner. She and Luther Wise were married in 1948. He died July 28, 1979...

THEBES, Ill. -- Vivian G. (Bland) Caldwell, age 64, of Thebes died at 10:45 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2000, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Mrs. Caldwell was born on Bland's Hill in Chilhowie, Va., the daughter of John Verlin and Olga Pauline (Farris) Bland, who both preceded her in death...

CYPRESS, Ill. -- Funeral for Harry Osman of Cypress will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Crain Funeral Home in Dongola, Ill. The Revs. Jay Franklin and Clifton Lingle will officiate. Burial will be in Masonic Cemetery at Cypress. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. Friday...

ESSEX, Mo. -- Blanche Weaver, 91, formerly of Essex, died Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2000, at Hunter Acres Caring Center in Sikeston, Mo. She was born Oct. 27, 1909, at Bloomfield, Mo., daughter of Millard and May Whitledge Fortner. She and Herbert Weaver were married Oct. 9, 1927. He died Sept. 10, 1987...

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Ross E. Milburn, 76, of Sikeston died Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2000, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born May 30, 1924, in Sikeston, son of Ross A. and Mary Walker Milburn. Milburn was a terminal manager at Tucker Truck Lines, where he worked for 36 years. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II...

ISN'T IT interesting that the Democrats in Florida who said that every vote should count have now thrown out over a thousand ballots from overseas from military personnel because they don't like the military voting for Bush? I EAGERLY opened my Saturday Southeast Missourian to get my daily chuckle from the cartoon strip "Herman." But on the front page was a real knee-slapper, which read, "Bekki Cook to examine possible voter fraud and election day confusion." Ha, ha, ha. ...

My family and I wish you all a HAPPY THANKSGIVING. It's a good time to concentrate on the many blessings we have ... instead of focusing on the negative. I've always found Norman Vincent Peale's "Power of Positive Thinking" a good guideline. Thanksgiving Day this year is also the day WENDY and I celebrate our 45th wedding anniversary and the many blessings good health, six children, and 11 grandchildren bring to us...

Come, ye thankful people, come, Raise the song of harvest-home; All is safely gathered in, Ere the winter storms begin. Henry Alford (1810-1871) "Come, Ye Thankful People, Come" (Written in 1844) Thousands of voices will sing these words on this national day of thanksgiving...

The Downtown Christmas Parade of Lights for 2000 is past the 100-entry mark and could hit record proportions when floats, bands and cars start lining up at Capaha Park Sunday afternoon. "This could be our biggest year to date," said Kent Zickfield, chairman of this year's event...