Laura Johnston
NewsJuly 9, 2005
Downtown churches join forces for VBSDifferences in denominational dogma, culture and language aren't keeping three downtown churches from a partnership. For the third consecutive year, Christ Episcopal Church and First Presbyterian Church are joining together for a vacation Bible school program calle...NewsJuly 7, 2005
Steps to better healthWith the addition of exercise as an element of the new food pyramid, health officials are encouraging people to add exercise to their daily routine and help combat obesity and disease in the process. Walking often provides that exercise. It is "so beneficial becaus...NewsJuly 5, 2005
A creative experimentLateria Flye created a piece of wearable art when she designed beads during a jewelry-making class last week. Her peers also found their creative outlets with the bead-making and jewelry class taught by Helen Towner. The class was one of two held this summer at the...
NewsJuly 2, 2005
Many hands make light workThe pounding of hammers and whirring of an electric saw drawing curious onlookers to the church raising at First Baptist Church in Whitewater, and Pastor Phil Berry couldn't be happier. "We're hoping to grow," said Berry. But the building that currently houses the ...NewsJune 23, 2005
Bringing back Old BethelN ot far from Goose Creek amid the fields and forests outside Jackson is a historic cemetery and the remains of the area's oldest Baptist church. Piled at the far edge of the cemetery are the logs that once formed Old Bethel Baptist Church, a congregation that fou...
NewsJune 18, 2005
Marybeth Williams carries on chamber's work in JacksonThe bookshelves behind her desk are still empty but the surface looks well-used, as Marybeth William begins to settle into her new office and role as executive director of the Jackson Chamber of Commerce. A month since starting the position, Williams has had little...FeaturesJune 12, 2005
Oprah introduces FaulknerSoutheast Missouri State University professor Robert Hamblin leads a discussion for Winfrey's book club. Few people have summer reading lists that include the classics by Melville or Hawthorne, but when popular talk-show host Oprah Winfrey suggests a book, people ...
NewsMay 28, 2005
How Stephanie becomes Sister BernadetteStephanie Chartrau remembers thinking that the first nuns she saw wearing habits were simply adorable. And she told them so. Nearly three years later she's about to become one of them. Chartrau is a postulant at the St. Francis Convent in Alton, Ill. She wi...NewsMay 24, 2005
Man notices more strength, better balance after surgeryMost people wouldn't see an immediate difference in his appearance, but Jim Trickey and his wife, Brandy, know that a Chinese medical procedure has changed how his Lou Gehrig's disease manifests itself. Trickey, of Cape Girardeau, had a cell implant about three wee...
NewsMay 21, 2005
Five area congregations involved in major construction projectsResearch by the Barna Group suggests that 45 percent of American adults attend church during a typical weekend. And if that's so, it might explain the current church construction boom in Cape Girardeau and Jackson. Five congregations are in the midst of major proj...Advertisement
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