Stories from Friday, March 23, 2001

The first time Tony Spinner heard a Toto song, "Hold the Line," it was played by Rural Funk Dispatch, a band composed of fellow students at Cape Central High School. He heard them while sitting in the audience at a talent show and now recalls thinking maybe he should stop being a reclusive guitarist and join a band...

MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Clad in a worn sweatshirt and sweat pants, Norm Kenner carefully scraped varnish from an old wooden door while his wife, Jarrell, worked in the former Will Mayfield College building to strip a transom window frame down to its dark wood grain...

No Cape Girardeau plant workers will be dismissed as part of Procter & Gamble Co.'s plan to eliminate 9,600 more jobs, Mike Jennewein, human-relations manager of the local plant, said Thursday. About 40 percent of the layoffs, or more than 3,800 of the jobs, will be in the United States, the company said. Outside the United States, management is still organizing the plan country by country...

A big grant -- real people call it cash, moolah, bread -- is on its way to our Harvard on the Cape, otherwise known hereabouts as The University, to pay for walking trails and bike paths at the proposed River Campus. And another big grant -- bucks, greenbacks, dough -- has been awarded to the River City of Roses big shots, otherwise known as City Hall, for pretty much the same purpose, which is, to sum up, the creation of a system of walkways to show off the fairly good-sized river that flows past us somewhere outside our concrete fortifications.. ...

JACKSON, Mo. -- In 1998, the Missouri Department of Transportation notified the owners of 21 houses, three businesses and a church that they would be affected by a plan to expand a 3 1/2-mile stretch of Highway 34 and 72 in Jackson from two to five lanes. Some were to lose part of their land, some their houses...

St. Andrew Lutheran Church will host a satellite seminar Saturday with Dr. John Maxwell, a nationally-known business leader. Maxwell will talk about having an impact in the workplace and learning to be more effective and successful. Maxwell is an author who has written more than 25 books on leadership, including "Becoming a Person of Influence," and "The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership."...

Nearly 500 students from throughout Southeast Missouri will present projects and performances at History Day on Saturday at Southeast Missouri State University. The projects will be on display at the University Center from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. The award ceremony will be from 2:30-3:30 p.m. Participating students are competing for scholarships, money, trophies and medals...

Addressing affordable housing needs in Cape Girardeau could be simplified once an assessment study of needs and demands is completed. A housing task force of the Area Wide United Way met Thursday morning with consultant Liz Hagar-Mace of Jefferson City, Mo. The task force committee has been meeting monthly since last summer to discuss how to address the issue...

3rd Quarter 8th grade Amanda Eftink, Katrina Eftink, Sarah Gaines, Travis Randolph, Clayton Scherer. 7th grade Kristin Hobbs, Hanna Seyer. 6th grade Nick Anderson, Chris Asmus, Sarah Glueck, Kayla Graviett, Robert Lange, Devan Moore, Monica Scherer...

3rd Quarter High Honor Roll 8th grade Brittany Farrow, Erin Mack, Leslie McNeely. 7th grade Kelly Bowman, Eric Farrow, Tina Suhre, Gina Yarbrough. 6th grade Charlee Denson, Amanda Dubbs, Shon Gockel, Jasen Price, Megan Ruth, Blaine Vaughn, Dylan Schweer...

Today will mark the 125th time Southeast Missouri teachers have come together to share academic resources and professional development activities. Approximately 6,000 teachers have been invited to attend the annual Missouri State Teachers Association district meeting, which gets under way with a general session at 9 a.m. ...

History professor Dr. Warren F. Kimball of Rutgers University will deliver the Harold Holmes Dugger Lecture at Southeast Missouri State University on April 5. He will discuss "Visions of Sugar Plums: Churchill, Roosevelt and the Postwar World." The lecture will follow a 6:30 p.m. banquet in the Missouriana-Indian rooms at the University Center...

Five area softball players were recently named to the Missouri All-State first teams at the 1A-2A, 3A and 4A levels, while two others were named to the second team. High school coaches, polled throughout the state, made the selections. First-team honorees were Amanda Bollinger and Lindsey Meyr of Jackson, Jessica McDonald of Cape Central, Stacy Baer of Perryville and Jean Brown of St. Vincent of Perryville. Named second team were Notre Dame's Mika Williamson and Kelly's Bridgett Riley...

Sara Sprigg broke the Cape Central diving record by 20 points as the Lady Tigers prevailed in its first ever meeting with Notre Dame in girls swimming on Thursday. Cape Central won 104-82 in the first dual meet for Notre Dame's first-year program. Sprigg's record total of 238.40 points led a 1-2-3 finish by the Lady Tigers in the event...

JACKSON, Mo. -- Katherine "Kay" Davenport of Jackson died Thursday, March 22, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Friends may call at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson from 4-8 p.m. Saturday. Funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home...

SEDGEWICKVILLE, Mo. -- Clinton Earl Hahs, 92, of Sedgewickville died Thursday, March 22, 2001, at his home. He was born Nov. 7, 1908, at Daisy, Mo., son of Peter and Cora Caroline Linebarger Hahs. He and Ines P. Stearns were married May 11, 1929, in Marble Hill, Mo...

FARRAR, Mo. -- Eugenia Lorenz, 89, of Farrar died Wednesday, March 21, 2001, at Perry County Nursing Home in Perryville, Mo. She was born Aug. 25, 1911, at Frohna, Mo., daughter of Otto and Magdelina Mueller Burroughs. She and Herbert Lorenz were married Nov. 19, 1933. He died Dec. 2, 1997...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Funeral for Helen L. Dunlap of Oklahoma City, Okla., will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Crain Funeral Home in Ullin, Ill. The Rev. Jerry Herring will officiate. Burial will be in Green Lawn Memorial Gardens. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. Sunday...

Betty Jean Brockmeyer, 60, of Scott City, Mo., died Thursday, March 22, 2001, at her residence. Friends may call at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City after 5 p.m. today. Parish prayers will be at 6 p.m. Funeral Mass will be 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Scott City. The Rev. David Coon will officiate...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- William R. "Tony" Anderson, 66, of Perryville died Wednesday, March 21, 2001, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. He was born Aug. 15, 1934, in Mt. Vernon, Ill., son of James Troy and Naomi Weatherford Anderson. He and Renita Edmond were married March 17, 1979, at Perryville...

Dennis Price, 93, of Lake City, Fla., died Tuesday, March 20, 2001, at his home. A native of Ste. Genevieve, Mo., Mr. Price had lived in Lake City the past two years, moving from Cape Girardeau. He was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3838 in Cape Girardeau, and a member of Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen Union...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Cecil R. Hudson Sr., 83, of St. Peters, Mo., died Thursday, March 22, 2001, at Claywest House in St. Charles, Mo. He was born March 11, 1918, in Perryville, son of Clarence and Flora Hudson. Hudson was a production control supervisor 24 years at McDonnell Douglas in St. Louis...

JACKSON, Mo. -- Milton Nitsch, 78, of Jackson died Wednesday, March 21, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Friends may call at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson from 4-8 p.m. today. An American Legion Honor Guard service will be held at 7...

ANNA, Ill. -- Ruth M. Frick, 69, of Anna died Thursday, March 22, 2001, at Union County Hospital in Anna. She was born Feb. 11, 1932, in Cobden, Ill., daughter of Charles and Flossie Faye Pendergrass Spurlock. She and Bon D. Frick were married May 2, 1964, in Ware, Ill. He died Sept. 13, 1998...

I hardly think I'll have to be angry for eight years, because I don't think George W. Bush will be president that long. I started to say re-elected, but since he wasn't elected I'll have to say chosen by the U.S. Supreme Court. No, I won't get over it...

One of the saddest stories to be published in the Southeast Missourian recently was the account of the stillborn baby found buried in a Jackson backyard. A 14-year-old girl believed to be the dead baby's mother is in the custody of juvenile authorities...

When the Girl Scouts of Otahki Council set out to honor women in the 11-county area the council serves, it hoped to find individuals whose achievements and commitment to their communities would serve as beacons to girls who might aspire to the same levels of involvement and success...

To the editor: I read the St. Louis Post-Dispatch article (also published in the Southeast Missourian, describing tough economic times in the Bootheel area) with amazement that those conditions could exist in our state at a time when Missouri's legislators are seriously considering authorizing hundreds of millions of dollars for a new baseball stadium in St. ...