Stories from Saturday, May 26, 2001

A memorial service to recognize and remember the late Rev. S.S. Borum will be held Sunday at Bethany Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau. Borum was a Southern Baptist minister who served as pastor and interim pastor at dozens of churches in Southeast Missouri and Illinois...

Christian entertainment Gaither-style is coming to the Show Me Center Thursday evening. Recording artist Bill Gaither will present at 7 p.m. "An evening with the Gaither Vocal Band." Special guests include the Easters, Jake Hess, Aaron Wilburn, Janet Paschal, Mark Lowry and Anthony Burger...

A 42-year-old woman and 33-year-old man are being sought by Cape Girardeau police in connection with a series of armed robberies. Delores Johnson Wright and Eric C. Thomas, both of Cape Girardeau, are suspects in five armed robberies that occurred on the streets between May 10 and Sunday, police Cpl. Rick Schmidt said...

The unseasonably cool temperatures of the past few days are expected to slowly warm through the Memorial Day weekend. "The temperatures look like they will rebound," said David Humphrey, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Paducah, Ky...

The wedding of the year is happening in Charleston today. Felecia, my play-sister-sorta-like-a-cousin-girlfriend, and her beau, Kelvin, are finally tying their loveknot, and it looks like it's going to play out like the season finale of a television drama...

Southeast Missouri residents aren't playing ball when it comes to the Southeast Day at Busch Stadium promotion. Only 330 tickets have been sold for the June 16 Cardinals baseball game against the Chicago White Sox at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. Two thousand tickets originally were reserved for the promotion, sponsored by Southeast Missouri State University and the Southeast Missourian. ...

A walking trail outfitted for the blind will be dedicated Tuesday at Cape County Park. The Cape Girardeau noon and evening Lion's clubs will hold a dedication ceremony at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at the trail, located near Shelter 22 in Cape County Park South. The Lion's district governor and others will attend the event...

Jackson Manor in Jackson, Mo., recently held its annual Volunteer Appreciation Day and groups and individuals who volunteer. Groups and people recognized; Kitty Juch, Country Echoes, Pet Pals, the Rev. and Mrs. John Rice, Mary and the K's, Post Oak Church, Maxine Brice, Country Kicks, Shirley Abernathy, Oak Ridge Homemakers, Daisy Travelers, Gladys Lawrence, New McKendree United Methodist Women, the Clippard school band, Delores Streiler, Mary Smith, the Rev. ...

JACKSON, Mo. -- A man charged with taking nearly $120,000 from a Cape Girardeau woman through investment fraud is facing a civil lawsuit along with criminal prosecution. William Glynn Robison, 31, appeared in court Friday for a preliminary hearing. Attorney Steve Wilson said Robison would waive the hearing, which clears the way for arraignment for stealing by deceit on June 4...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Cape Girardeau Central High School senior Heather Jenkins had the discus throw of her life Friday. The only thing preventing Jenkins from winning the Class 4A state championship in her specialty was the fact she had to go up against one of the nation's premier throwers...

The St. Vincent High School baseball team, just three victories away from a second consecutive Class 1A state championship, would seem to have a decided edge heading into today's quarterfinal game against Ellington. But St. Vincent coach Rick Wibbenmeyer knows his Indians can afford to take nothing for granted heading into the 1 p.m. contest at the Perryville City Park...

Clearwater coach Tim Green was tired of getting to the Class 2A state baseball quarterfinals every year only to get beat with his No. 2 pitcher on the mound. Although Green respected West County -- Clearwater's sectional foe Thursday -- the District 2 winner has been an annual thorn in Clearwater's Final Four hopes in the quarterfinal round. Green knew a hungry and talented Chaffee team, ranked second in the state at 25-2, would be waiting for his Tigers...

Southeast Missouri State University baseball players Todd Pennington and Clemente Bonilla were regarded as two of the best in the Ohio Valley Conference all season. And now they can also officially claim to be two of the best in the country. Pennington, a junior pitcher, and Bonilla, a junior second baseman, were both named Friday as Louisville Slugger/TPX All-Americans, Pennington making the second team and Bonilla garnering third-team honors...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Cape Girardeau Central High School's doubles team of Trevor Blattner and Andy Tansil bounced back from a first-round loss to remain alive after Friday's opening rounds of Class 4A state boys tennis tournament. Blattner and Tansil were defeated by Brad Martin and Ryan Reid of Kansas City Rockhurst 7-5, 6-0 in the opening round...

Son to Tim and Carey Corley of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 3:25 p.m. Wednesday, May 16, 2001. Name, Timothy Vivrett II. Weight, 7 pounds 7 1/2 ounces. First child. Mrs. Corley is the former Carey Bennett, daughter of Todd and Sally Brown of Eureka, Mo. She is a registered nurse at Doctors Park Surgery Inc. Corley is the son of Michael and Patricia Corley of Eureka. He is a teacher and coach at Kelly High School...

PATTON, Mo. -- Lowell C. Miinch, 80, of Patton died Friday, May 25, 2001, at the family home. He was born June 19, 1920, at Patton, the son of John and Carrie Stanfill Miinch. He married Wilma Peterman on Sept. 29, 1945. She survives. He married Lela Hahn on July 16, 1994. She died Dec. 3, 1994...

Pansy L. Connors, 91, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Thursday, May 24, 2001, at the U.S. Soldiers and Airman's Home in Washington, D.C. Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

CAIRO, Ill. --4 Funeral Mass for Willis D. LaFoon of Cairo will be at 11 a.m. Monday at St. Patrick's Catholic Church. The Rev. Jerome Fortenberry will officiate. Burial will be in Green Lawn Memorial Gardens at Villa Ridge, Ill. Friends may call at Barkett Funeral Home in Cairo from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Monday...

Elizabeth T. Kuehnert of Delmar, N.Y., died Saturday, May 12, 2001, at St. Peter's Hospital in Albany, N.Y. Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

A memorial service for Ivan Ben Lampe of Seneca, S.C., will be held at 10 a.m. today at Eternal Shepherd Lutheran Church. The Rev. George Coffman will officiate. Burial will be in Ramsey Creek Preserve in Westminster, S.C. Brown-Oglesby Funeral Home in Seneca is in charge of arrangements...

BERNIE, Mo. -- Funeral for Dorothy Lee Botsch of Bernie will be held at 11 a.m. today at Rainey Funeral Home in Bernie. The Rev. Ron Dunavin will officiate. Burial will be in Bernie Cemetery. Botsch, 70, died Wednesday, May 23, 2001, at her home. She was born July 12, 1930, at Bernie, daughter of Robie Abb and Carrie McClure Quinn. She and Orlando Botsch were married Dec. 25, 1952, at Dexter, Mo...

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Charles Boyd McClard, 49, of Chaffee died Thursday, May 24, 2001, at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Marion, Ill. He was born June 30, 1951, in Cape Girardeau, the son of Arnold and Julia Richardson McClard. He married Marilyn Hahn on March 8, 1976. She survives...

ADVANCE, Mo. -- Bessie "Lorene" Skaggs, 55, of Grand Prairie, Texas, died Thursday, May 24, 2001, at Methodist Hospital in Dallas, Texas. She was born Sept. 25, 1945, at Gypsy, Mo., the daughter of Eva Jackson Hood and Burley Wallace. She married Bobby Gene Skaggs. He preceded her in death...

JACKSON, Mo. -- Funeral service for Jennifer Elaine Stiegemeyer will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson with the Rev. David Johnson officiating. Burial will be in Russell Heights Cemetery. Friends may call at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and at St. Paul Lutheran Church after 9 a.m. Wednesday...

I WISH Richard Gephardt and Tom Daschle would know what they are doing to our country when they put down President Bush on everything he does. He is a good president. They also have the TV news leading viewers to their side. What a pity. IT AMAZES me to hear these newscasters drilling Vice President Cheney and other Republicans on this energy crisis. ...

U.S. Sen. James Jeffords didn't decide to defect from the Republican Party because President Bush snubbed him -- and if he did, it says much more about his pettiness than Bush's. Besides, the important issue is not why he left, but what the consequences of his departure will be...

With many schools in the nation already housing students in hallways and closets, districts are getting the news that a swell in children ages 10 to 14 -- up 20 percent in the last decade, census figures show -- could make things worse in the not-so-distant future...

Only a few area schools are conducting post-graduation parties, but they have the right idea. Central High School in Cape Girardeau will have its party beginning at 10:30 p.m. Sunday at St. Francis Universal Health and Fitness. The ticket price of $15 is a bargain for a T-shirt, unlimited food and games and chances to win door prizes that can be put to good use at college...

To the editor: Another school year is coming to an end, The Paw staff at Schultz School is working on final page proofs for our good-bye issue. Thanks to the wonderful Adopt-A-School partnership we have enjoyed with the Southeast Missourian for 16 years, we have just celebrated another successful year of work. ...