Stories from Wednesday, June 27, 2001

As I listen to gardeners, I continue to hear the same theme. Everyone wants color in his landscape. A combination of yews, junipers, spruces and boxwoods are great background plants for any landscape. They provide that green during the winter when everything is "dead." On the other hand, during the summer, everyone wants color in his landscape...

Summertime away from school offers many opportunities for children. The list is almost endless of activities that are available for children. But I am especially proud of my 14-year-old niece, Christa Bollinger, who has decided to expand her skills in cooking this summer. She has tried some really great recipes and her mom is so very proud of her when dinner is ready as everyone arrives home from work...

As I listen to gardeners, I continue to hear the same theme. Everyone wants color in his landscape. A combination of yews, junipers, spruces and boxwoods are great background plants for any landscape. They provide that green during the winter when everything is "dead." On the other hand, during the summer, everyone wants color in his landscape...

A state appeals court on Tuesday upheld a trial judge's ruling that blocks the city of Cape Girardeau from spending motel and restaurant tax money on the proposed River Campus project. That ruling struck down a Cape Girardeau city law that provided for the expansion of a motel-restaurant tax to fund the city's share of the River Campus project with Southeast Missouri State University...

Orange and black school flags, signs in yards of school athletes' homes, banners and bumper stickers give notice that people in Cape Girardeau School District are proud of their schools. Billboards along Shawnee Parkway, Route K and either end of Kingshighway alert motorists that they are entering a school district that is proud of its students and patrons. ...

My gag reflex is very healthy. Too healthy, really. That's why I can't have children. One poopy diaper and BAM! double the mess. So imagine my reaction last week when I woke up in the middle of the night, staggered into the bathroom and discovered .....

The Southeast Missouri Chapter of the American Red Cross held its 84th annual meeting on Tuesday to elect 2001-2002 board members, recognize retiring board members and present awards. The event was at the Drury Lodge in Cape Girardeau. More than 3,000 volunteers in 18 Southeast Missouri counties serve the area's needs through the Red Cross. ...

The fate of the Fun Factory is in the hands of three judges. Missouri's Eastern District Court of Appeals heard attorneys' arguments Tuesday regarding a lawsuit that the owner of the Cape Girardeau entertainment center has said will put him out of business...

Two Southeast Missouri State University basketball players won't be returning to the team following guilty pleas for forgery and marijuana possession. Point guard Bobby L. Smith and center Terry J. Rogers will not be allowed to pursue athletics at the school, athletic director Don Kaverman said...

Lindsay Kuper doesn't think she'll get a scholarship. But if she doesn't, it won't be for a lack of trying. A lack of sleep ... maybe. Terra Herzberger is a self-described evening person. If she could only allow herself to sleep until late morning like most of her friends...

SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- Bill D. Harrison, 71, of Scott City died Tuesday, June 26, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 18, 1929, in Harrisburg, Ill., son of Charles and Nellie Endicott Harrison. He and Barbara Ann Norman were married June 27, 1953, in Harrisburg...

JACKSON, Mo. -- Otis W. Seabaugh, 67, of Jackson passed away Tuesday, June 26, 2001, at his home in Jackson. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. today at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson. Funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home. The Revs. Jimmie Corbin and John Rice will officiate. Interment will be in Russell Heights Cemetery...

SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- Travis Vaden Hamil, 20, of Manhattan, Kan., formerly of Scott City, died Tuesday, June 26, 2001, at his home. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel of Scott City is in charge of arrangements.

Adopted daughter to Michael and LaRae Leimer of Cape Girardeau, born in Moscow, Russia, Monday, June 26, 2000. Name, Abigail Leigh Natasha. Second child, first daughter. Mrs. Leimer is the former LaRae Moore, daughter of Ray and Laura Moore of Jackson, Mo. She is a project coordinator with Health Services Corp. of America Inc. Leimer is the son of Joe and Marjorie Leimer of Jackson. He is a production supervisor at BioKyowa Inc...

Lorene Bragg, 69, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Sunday, June 24, 2001, in Elk Grove, Ill. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

DONGOLA, Ill. -- Funeral for John Wesley Elliott of Dongola will be at 11 a.m. today at Crain Funeral Home in Dongola. Everett Frizzell will officiate. Burial will be in the American Legion Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 10 a.m. until time of service...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Funeral Mass for Richard C. Snyder of Cairo will be at 10 a.m. today at St. Patrick's Catholic Church. The Rev. Jerome Fortenberry will officiate. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery at Villa Ridge, Ill. Barkett Funeral Home in Cairo is in charge of arrangements...

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Graveside service for James Theron Edsall Sr. of Sikeston will be at 2 p.m. today at IOOF Cemetery near Charleston, Mo. The Rev. William Henry will officiate. Blanchard Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Edsall, 66, died Tuesday, June 26, 2001, at Missouri Delta Medical Center...

SIKESTON, Mo. -- A memorial service for Carl Edward Gossett of Sikeston will be at 6 p.m. today at Ponder Funeral Home. The Revs. Maxey Schriver and Jason Schriver will officiate. Burial will be in New Morley Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5 p.m. until service time...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Funeral for Pearl Oslean Bagby of East Prairie will be at 10:30 a.m. today at Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie. Burl Britt will officiate. Burial will be in Garden of Memories Cemetery in Sikeston. Bagby, 80, died Monday, June 25, 2001, at East Prairie Nursing Center...

JAY KNUDTSON would make a wonderful mayor of Cape Girardeau. I applaud civic leaders for approaching him and asking that he consider running. I would also hope said leaders would approach some of the many qualified females and members of minority groups that reflect Cape's increasing mutilcultural diversity...

We are all acquainted with the adage "The squeaky wheel gets the grease." For the past decade or so, liberals have been squeaking loudly and getting more than their fair share of the grease, many times even from Republicans. It's bad enough that the national media is consistently supportive of the image of conservatives as greedy and uncaring. ...

Long-awaited and well-deserved, a fitting tribute recently came the way of the Erlbacher family for making possible the donation of the Glenn House to the Historical Association of Greater Cape Girardeau back in 1968. The recognition came in the form of an 18-page scrapbook documenting the generosity of the late Robert and Mabel Erlbacher...

Missouri political leaders seem to be united, or nearly so, in their approach to one issue: The federal rebate checks coming later this summer to income-taxpayers shouldn't be subject to state taxes. Gov. Bob Holden committed to this position week before last, joining key Senate Republicans who had already spoken out against the likelihood of such taxes...