Stories from Monday, September 8, 1997

Jackson is a growing community, and more and more businesses want to grow with it. Among those who see growth potential in Jackson is Brad Farrar, who recently opened a new Blimpie Sub & Salad restaurant. Farrar, of Bradlynn Associates, which owns and operates three Blimpie operations in Cape Girardeau County, two of them in Cape Girardeau, said he was glad "to be in Jackson."...

Carol Mazza has joined West Park Mall as director of marketing. Mazza has been in the Cape Girardeau area for two years and worked in various broadcast production. Prior to moving to the area, she was media manager for Upton's Department Stores in Atlanta...

The new Madder Rose Antiques & Art mall is looking for a Nov. 1 opening in downtown Cape Girardeau. John and Evelyn Boardman have leased the building at 1 N. Main, and will open the new mall, which will have up to 100 antique and collectible dealers...

This week the Southeast Missourian asked, "Who do you think is responsible for the death of Princess Diana?" Jennifer Lipps, Cape Girardeau "I think if indeed the chauffeur was intoxicated he certainly had a hand in it, and I do think the paparazzi also."...

A bagworm attached to an eastern red cedar tree. Drought stress was evident in a black gum tree leaf that turned color sooner than normal. There are a number of people willing and ready to help people with diseased or insect-infested trees in the Cape Girardeau area...

A new office furniture store is going into the building at 18 N. Main in Cape Girardeau. Office Furniture Manufacturing Co. of Sikeston will open its showroom here later this month. OFMCO, which has been in the wholesale used-office furniture business more than 20 years, is now manufacturing new office furniture at its Sikeston plant...

The used-car market in Cape Girardeau continues to get bigger. McDowell South Inc. has opened at 4670 E. Jackson Blvd., near Interstate 55 and U.S. 61. "We'll have about 150 late-model vehicles on hand most of the time," said Kyle McDowell, manager of the new business. "We have all types of pre-owned cars and will specialize in heavy-duty trucks."...

JACKSON -- A third Blimpie Subs & Salad has opened in Cape Girardeau County. The newest restaurant in the Blimpie International Inc. group is at 515 E. Main in Jackson. "We're glad to be here," said Brad Farrar, of Bradlynn Associates, which operates two Blimpies in Cape Girardeau. "The Jackson community is a growing one, and we want to grow with it."...

JACKSON -- A new antique and collectibles mall has opened at Jackson. Cross Creek Treasures opened at 422 Old Cape Road. "We have already started expanding," said Randy Schemel. "We opened in 2,800 square feet of space, and are currently adding another 1,400."...

JACKSON -- B&B Marine Co., 616 W. Highway 72, is under new ownership. Wes Bartels and his wife, Brenda, own the company, which sells and services boats, motors and other marine accessories. Bartels previously operated Jackson Bait & Tackle Shop. Bartels will keep existing employees -- George Dickerson and Harold "Butch" Bollinger -- at B&B. Bartels will oversee the operation, and Dickerson will be shop manager...

Industrial Week is coming up in Cape Girardeau. Activities sponsored by the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce's Industrial Relations Council start late this month with the annual Industrial Appreciation Golf Tournament at the Cape Girardeau Country Club on Sept. 29...

More than 200 farmers and agribusiness representatives are expected to attend the annual Missouri Rice Farm Field Day on Thursday at the Missouri Rice Research Farm near Glennonville. New rice varieties, new herbicides and applications are among topics to be discussed during the daylong event, which starts with registration at 8 a.m. Four walking tours will start at 8:30...

Construction is under way here on a new Drury Inn and Suites Hotel in Creve Coeur. The new hotel, a 186-room, eight-story structure, is I-270 and Olive. The hotel is owned and developed by Druco Inc. and will be operated by Drury Inns Inc. The Creve Coeur hotel has a building design that incorporates the parking garage within the structure of the building, providing covered parking...

The Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce's fifth annual Cape BBQ Fest is history, and planners are already looking to the sixth annual event next Aug. 21 and 22. A number of area sponsors and people help make the event a success. Sponsors include: SEMO Cattlemen's Association; Southeast Missouri Pork Producers; Bud Shell's Auto World Inc.; Cash-Book Journal; Horizon Screen Printing; KBSI-TV; Sonny's Solid Waste Service Inc.; KGMO/KYRX Radio; Southeast Missourian; KWKZ-CD Country; River Eagle Distributing Co.; Zimmer Radio Group; Coca Cola Bottling Co.; Schnuck Markets; SEMO Specialties and Sports; SuperValu; Union Planters Bank, BioKyowa Inc.; Capaha Bank; Chug's Auction Service; Dickerson, Rice, Spaeth, Heisserer and Summer, L.C.; Kohlfeld Distributing Inc.; LDD Inc.; Lowe's 317 of Cape Girardeau; Mercantile Bank; S&S Livestock Supply Inc., Ameritech; Crown Equipment Co.; Culinary Institute of Smoke Cooking; Farm Credit; Hendrix, Schwab, Garner, Schermann and Co.; South East Missouri Bank; Southeast Missouri Building Supply, The First National Bank; Woody Woodfin; and TCI Media Services.. ...

September has been proclaimed as "Apple Month" in Missouri, and the state's apples are ripe for picking. This year's apple crop is expected to top the 1996 crop. The apple season typically runs form the beginning of September to the end of November, said Wayne Yokley, who heads the Missouri Department of Agriculture Market Development Division...

Radio station KMPL in Sikeston is now Radio 1520 KRHW. The programming will not change, said Rick Lambert, general manager of KMPL-AM and KBXB-FM. The call letters were changed, said Lambert, to honor Ruth Harrelson Withers, mother of the station's owner, W. Russell Withers Jr...

Horses of all ages, sizes and temperaments competed Sunday in the Ninth Annual SEMO Fair Horse Show. Some were more excited about it than others and reared, snorted, stomped and neighed while being shown or awaiting their turns near the Arena Park Grandstand's main viewing area...

Among the highlights of Tuesday's special YELL edition will be two historic front pages from the Southeast Missourian's past: the Kennedy assassination and the 1906 California earthquake. YELL Day is Tuesday. Volunteers will hit the streets at 6 a.m. to sell the special edition of the Southeast Missourian for a $2 donation...

PERRY COUNTY -- Some residents of Perry County are circulating a petition in opposition to making Highways C and H in Perry County part of the 2,000-mile bicycle route called the Mississippi River Trail. The petition reads in part: "Because of the sharp turns, hills, lack of shoulders, volume of traffic, and narrow lanes and bridges, it would be a safety hazard to bicyclists and motorists."...

My young friend Katie, like millions of others, suffered a double blow with the deaths of Princess Diana and Mother Theresa. She and her mother called me Friday night to discuss the women's deaths, and more importantly, their lives. Katie attends an all-girl Catholic school...

NOT SURPRISINGLY, columnist Mona Charen likes radio psychologist Dr. Laura Schlesinger. Frankly, Dr. Laura scares the living you know what out of me. In my view, being married to a female version of Star Trek's Dr. Spock would be bliss compared to being betrothed to the superlogical Dr. Laura...

While President Bill Clinton vacationed with wealthy Democrats on the Eastern seaboard and Republican leaders traveled the remainder of the country jockeying for the first spot on year 2000's presidential ticket, about the only discernible activity in the nation's capital was the wild flailing of arms of both parties, congratulating themselves on enacting, finally, a balanced budget...

Missourians entitled to food stamps and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families have entered the age of plastic-card transactions with the new Electronic Benefits Transfer system. The system eliminates paper food stamps and government checks, replacing them with a debit card that is issued to each welfare recipient. ...

It comes as no surprise that Missouri has 2,000 fewer farms today than it had a year ago. Still, the state ranks second in the nation only to Texas in total number of farms. The decline in farm numbers and land use for agriculture continues to follow historical trends. The continued pace of mechanization and higher costs involved in producing row crops, along with steady residential and commercial development around the state are responsible...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Southeast Missouri State University's women's cross country team placed second while the men were fifth during the season-opening Memphis Invitational over the weekend. Janelle Quigley paced the Otahkians with a second-place finish. Other top-25 finishers were Leslie McNamara, 4th; Sherry (Lange) Dietiker, 14th; Celeste Ramsey, 18th; Jessica Sefzik, 21st; and Terry Lange, 21st...

PERRYVILLE -- Perryville High won its own four-team softball tournament Saturday, beating Windsor 15-5 in five innings and Hillsboro 8-4 in nine innings in the finals. Carrie Preston pitched all 14 innings for Perryville (5-0). The Lady Pirates had 24 hits in the two games, led by Andrea Regelsperger with five hits and seven RBIs. Julie Preston added four hits...

MARBLE HILL -- Leopold is seeded first and host Woodland second for the annual Woodland Invitational volleyball tournament that will be held today through Friday. First-round matches tonight pit No. 3 Meadow Heights against No. 6 Puxico at 6:30 and Woodland against No. 7 Bloomfield at 7:30...

JONESBORO, Ill. -- Wayne Osman, 85, of Jonesboro died Saturday, Sept. 6, 1997, at the Union County Hospital in Anna. He was born Nov. 5, 1911 in Union County of Jacob and Iva Miles Osman. He married Earlene Lott in Cornith, Miss., on May 25, 1957. She survives him...

Norman F. Stallings, 90, of Delhi, Calif., and formerly of Marble Hill, died Saturday, Sept. 6, 1997, at his home. He was born Nov. 16, 1906, in Whitewater, son of Leonard and Bertha Norman Stallings. He married Eula Virgil Yoder on Aug. 31, 1984. She preceded him in death...

PATTON -- Tony L. "Ted" Dolle of Jackson, 91, died Friday, Sept. 5, 1997, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born March 28, 1906, at Sedgewickville, son of John B. and Kittie Wilson Dolle. He married Grace B. Seabaugh on May 6, 1927. She survives...

MOREHOUSE -- Cleat Donald Vandemark, 80, of Morehouse died Sunday, Sept. 7, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Jan. 21, 1917, in Arkansas, the son of John and Ausa Eagleton Cox. On March 19, 1938, he married Janetta Othal. She died Aug. 22, 1997...

Patricia Gay Moore, 33, of Jackson died Saturday, Sept. 6, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Jan. 28, 1964, in Cape Girardeau, the daughter of Roy Elmer and Mary Louise Grimes James. Survivors include three daughters, Tish James of Cape Girardeau and Cassandra and Tina Reisenbichler both of Jackson; a son, James Moore of Jackson; three sisters, Sheila Young of Wood River, Ill., Pamela Reisenbichler of Oak Ridge and Carla James of Perryville, and three brothers, Marty Aldrich of O'Fallon, Mo., Manuel James of Lincoln, Ill., and Frankie James of Cape Girardeau.. ...

MARBLE HILL -- James M. "Red" Hartle, 69, of Marble Hill died Saturday, Sept. 6, 1997, at his home. He was born July 7, 1928, in Lutesville, the son of Linus E. and Flossie Cole Hartle. He owned the White Way Store in Marble Hill. He belonged to the Lutesville Presbyterian Church...

A Jackson woman died after a one-car accident Saturday night near Fruitland. Patricia Moore, 33, of Jackson was driving alone in her car west on Highway 177 2.5 miles east of Fruitland at about 9:30 when the car went off the right side of the road, overcorrected, came across the left side, went down an embankment and overturned, according to the Missouri Highway Patrol...

"Smarketing" the developing of tools to drive your business marketing plans into the year 2000, will be the theme of Business Expo '97, a two-day extravaganza to be held Sept. 19 and 20 at the Show Me Center. The event, for businesses to showcase products and services, is sponsored by the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce. Corporate sponsors are Craftsman Office Supply and Computers...

PERRYVILLE -- Merin A. Hotop, 63, of Perryville died Saturday, Sept. 6, 1997, at his home. He was born April 3, 1934, in Biehle, son of Erbine and Olivia Welker Hotop. He married Glenda Kertz on May 14, 1960. She survives him. He had served in the U.S. Army and in Korea as a U.S. Marine. He had retired as a sheet metal foreman with McDonnell-Douglas...