Stories from Tuesday, July 11, 2000

Southeast Missouri State University has released its dean's list for the spring semester. Those on the list include: Advance: Eric Abernathy, Julie Bagwell, Nikki Clark, Amy Garner, Gina Garner, Alan Payne, Leslie Richmond, Alissa Swindell, Jennifer Westbrook...

The twins woke to a rainy, windy day. Melissa told Brian about her strange night. He hadn't heard any music, he said. Nor had he smelled flowers. "It's like the writing on my door," Brian said. "It disappears and you can't see it. Then you hear music and smell flowers and I don't."...

Traffic along Interstate 55 near the Dutchtown exit was stopped for a period and slowed for a while longer Monday afternoon following accidents in both the southbound and northbound lanes. The accidents occurred between mile markers 92 and 93. First a semi-tractor trailer truck loaded with cotton seed overturned in the northbound lane, halting traffic at 3 p.m., according to Cape Girardeau Police Department reports...

Where's Garfield? Where's Lola? Where's Dennis the Menace? Dozens of readers called Monday morning to ask those questions. They all wanted to know: Where are the comics? Well, the comics weren't in Monday's paper. Why? You'll just love this excuse: Our computers broke...

Shopping malls and movie theaters were much more inviting than the shade as high temperatures made being outside uncomfortable for most Sunday and Monday. The heat index, a measure of how hot it feels, reached critical numbers Sunday, prompting the Missouri Department of Health to issue a hot-weather health advisory. The advisories are released whenever a heat index of 105 is reached over most of the state...

JACKSON -- A Wayne County commissioner accused of assaulting a couple with a handgun for tearing down his election signs will be prosecuted by Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney Morley Swingle. Bruce W. Keel, 46, will be arraigned in Madison County before Circuit Judge Robert Stillwell on July 20, Swingle said...

Southeast Missouri State University's Board of Regents won't lease a Catholic library in Perryville, Mo., for a higher education center until the Congregation of the Mission agrees to remove its rare books and art objects, the board's president said Monday...

Cape Girardeau city planners should learn plenty about managing traffic, planning routes to ease congestion and avoiding traffic congestion when transportation experts offer some advice tonight. Planning commissioners are meeting with representatives from the Missouri Department of Transportation at 5 p.m. today at City Hall, 401 Independence...

For me, boring weekends typically stem from an empty checking account. If you have money, you can do things to make the weekend UNboring. Like go shopping or dancing or dining. Otherwise, you have to rely on free or almost-free things to liven things up. You can call your friends, but most of them have money (or lives) and want to go out on weekends instead of talk to you. You also can enjoy the beauty of nature, but it rained practically all of Saturday and Sunday here...

Bean Farms has some great-looking cotton. "It should produce well," said Barry Bean, one of the brothers involved in the operation of the farm near Holcomb, Mo. "But we have some borderline cotton, too." In fact, says Bean, "our farm covers the gamut in cotton from borderline to good to excellent."...

Southeast Missouri State University basketball coach Gary Garner will be the guest conductor at Wednesday's performance by the Cape Girardeau Municipal Band. Special entertainment at the 8 p.m. performance at the Capaha Park Band Shell will be provided by Chris Goeke and Lori Schaffer...

Southeast Missouri State University's Board of Regents has given school President Dr. Ken Dobbins a 5 percent pay raise and added $3,500 to his retirement annuity. Dobbins will receive a salary of $136,500 for the fiscal year that began July 1. That's a $6,500 raise over his former salary, said Don Dickerson, president of the Board of Regents...

Cape Girardeau Planning and Zoning Commission 7 p.m. Wednesday at City Hall Hearings Discussion and voting on applications. Subdivision plats Other...

JACKSON -- New regulations providing for stormwater drainage and detention and are being worked out by the City of Jackson with the goal of passage by the Board of Aldermen in the fall. The city's Planning & Zoning Commission also soon will begin considering amendments that will require developers to complete a subdivision's infrastructure before they can begin building houses...

Two Southeast Missouri men were injured in separate accidents Monday in Cape Girardeau County. Clark J. Ridenour, 39, of Puxico, Mo., was injured when he was struck by a vehicle driven by Jimmy Wagner, 52, also of Puxico. Ridenour was standing on the shoulder of state Highway 25 two miles south of Delta next to a parked vehicle when he was hit at 10:20 a.m. Monday. He was taken to St. Francis Medical Center for treatment, according to Missouri Highway Patrol reports...

ULLIN, Ill. -- An Anna, Ill., woman was injured in a one-car, alcohol-related accident, the Illinois State Police said. Christina M. Hileman, 24, was driving a van about 10:50 p.m. on Sunday in Union County when the accident occurred, police said. Hileman was on U.S. 51, a quarter-mile south of Limestone School Road when her vehicle went off the left side of the road and rolled over...

Tuesday, July 11, 2000 Closed session 6:30 p.m. Open session 7:30 p.m. Board of Education office, 614 E. Adams Action items: - Consider teacher salary schedule - Consider coaching position salary schedule - Consider revision of support staff salary schedule...

Martin Robinson wants visitors to Cape Girardeau to have a better view of the river city. He proposes that Cape Rock Park be further developed to let people "know they are looking at the river." Robinson presented his plan to the city's Parks and Recreation Advisory Board Monday night...

Cape Girardeau's Ford & Sons American Legion baseball team fell out of serious contention for the regular-season District 14 title quite a while ago, but that doesn't mean the squad can't have some fun trying to spoil another team's championship hopes...

KENNETT, Mo. -- It has been quite a reversal of fortunes for the Jackson Junior American Legion baseball team. Last season, Jackson went 2-18 in District 14 play. But Monday night, the squad captured the District 14 Tournament championship by rallying to beat Cape Girardeau Wood & Huston Bank 7-6...

ADVANCE, Mo. -- Carl F. Berrong, 90, of Advance died Monday, July 10, 2000, at Advance Nursing Center. Morgan Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- David Anthony Matthews, 51, of Scott City died Sunday, July 9, 2000, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. He was born Sept. 16, 1948, at Sikeston, Mo., son of Jack and Sallie Newton Matthews. He and Helen R. Edwards were married Oct. 29, 1999, in Piggott, Ark...

ORAN, Mo. -- James Robert Glastetter, 65, of Oran died Monday, July 10, 2000, at Sikeston Convalescent Center in Sikeston, Mo. He was born Nov. 22, 1934, at Oran, son of Frank Joseph and Clara Catherine Amrhein. Glastetter had worked at VIP Industries in Sikeston. He was a member of Guardian Angel Catholic Church...

ORAN, Mo. -- William Perry Phillips II, 48, of Oran died Monday, July 10, 2000, at his home. He was born June 8, 1952, in Cape Girardeau, Mo., son of William Perry and Imogene Stacey Phillips Sr. Phillips retired as a printer at the Chaffee Signal Newspaper...

CHESTER, Ill. -- Norman "Bill" Rymer, 50, of Chester died Monday, July 10, 2000, at Memorial Hospital in Carbondale, Ill. He was born May 31, 1950, in Anna, Ill., son of Norman and Betty Batson Rymer. He and Theresa Erwin were married July 20, 1968, in Anna...

Funeral for Kenneth Henry Baker of Poplar Bluff, Mo., was held Friday at DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville, Mo. The Rev. Ed Rhodes officiated. Burial was in Portageville Cemetery. Baker, 60, died Wednesday, July 5, 2000, at Three Rivers Health Care North Campus in Poplar Bluff...

ALTON, Ill. -- Funeral for Bennie L. Mier of Alton will be held at 1 p.m. today at Elias-Smith Funeral Home in Alton. The Rev. Bond Reynolds will officiate. Burial will be in Valhalla Memorial Park at Godfrey, Ill. Mier, 63, died unexpectedly Friday, July 7, 2000, at Alton Memorial Hospital...

HERRIN, Ill. -- Ossie Pearl Bonds Enders, 54, of Herrin died Friday, July 7, 2000, at St. John's Mercy Medical Center in St. Louis, Mo. She was born Oct. 15, 1945, at Randles, Mo., daughter of John and Rosie Breese Bonds. She and Richard Paul Enders were married July 10, 1974. He died June 29, 1998...

Funeral with military honors for Robert Gaines Ballard of Waynesville, Mo., was held June 19 at Waynesville Memorial Chapel. Chaplain Damon Onellion officiated. Ballard, 82, died Monday, June 12, 2000, at Harry S Truman Veterans Hospital in Columbia, Mo...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Stephen Tyler Groff was stillborn Thursday, July 6, 2000, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. Survivors include his parents, Jared Danny and Tabetha Ann Merick Groff of Perryville; a sister, Dawn Groff of the home; paternal grandparents, Eldon and Patsy Groff of Biehle, Mo; maternal grandparents, Terry and Dorothy Cox of Perryville; paternal great-grandfather, Bill Lily of New Madrid, Mo.; maternal great-grandparents, Evelyn Paul of Perryville and Floyd and Joyce Taylor of Lithium, Mo.. ...

BENTON, Mo. -- Funeral Mass for Harold J. Ziegler of Kansas City, Kan., was held Saturday at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Kansas City, Kan. Burial was in Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Ziegler, 64, died Wednesday, July 5, 2000, at his home. He was born Sept. 15, 1935, at Benton, Mo., son of John and Coletta Ziegler. His wife, Doris, died in November 1989...

Daughter to Arthur Benjamin and Kyann LaJoy Smith Jr. of Friedheim, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 6:33 p.m. Thursday, June 29, 2000. Name, Lizbeth LaJoy. Weight, 9 pounds 10 ounces. Second daughter. Mrs. Smith is the former Kyann Townsend, daughter of LaMont O. Townsend and Joy A. Townsend of Scottsbluff, Neb. Smith is the son of Arthur B. Smith Sr. and Nancy R. Smith of Friedheim. He is a Diesel mechanic at Vern Bauman Construction in Ste. Genevieve...

Clubs and organizations across America took a great deal of interest in the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling regarding gay leaders in the Boy Scouts of America. Of particular interest was the notion that private organizations have a right to set their own rules. In this case, the BSA wanted to keep the right to prevent gays from becoming troop leaders...

It will be awhile before we know if the new president of Mexico, Vicente Fox, can provide the leadership to move the country ahead economically. But we know that Fox, for now, has displayed some common sense regarding the virtual border war that exists between Mexico and the United States over the flood of illegal immigrants...

To the editor: From retirement, John Blue has once again loosed his mighty pen in support of a noble cause. My heartiest congratulations to him for his July 6 letter to the editor in which he supports most county residents' position that the veterans memorial in County Park North remain in place and that the Conservation Department's proposed nature center not be built anywhere near the memorial...