Stories from Wednesday, July 11, 2001

POTOSI, Mo. -- Jerome Mallett was scheduled to die by injection at 12:01 a.m. today for the 1985 murder of Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper James Froemsdorf of Perryville. Missouri Gov. Bob Holden denied a clemency request Tuesday night. Holden's decision removed the last apparent legal obstacle before Mallett's lethal injection, scheduled for 12:01 a.m. today at the Potosi Correctional Center...

The house where a 79-year-old man died of heatstroke over the weekend is a squat, one-story residence surrounded by shade trees on Olive Street. But the windows are nailed shut, and an electrical fan was standing unplugged on the floor not far from where a neighbor found Sellars Allen's body curled up in a fetal position Monday afternoon...

Calliopes played, a sweaty band belted out a jazz tunes and tourists crowded the streets of downtown Cape Girardeau on Tuesday. More than 400 passengers left the Mississippi Queen riverboat after its morning docking here, and brought their purses and wallets with them. That boat pulled away at 1 p.m., just as the American Queen and her 300 passengers approached for more of the same...

Pastor Gary Brothers of the First Assembly of God Church of Cape Girardeau envisions an impressive and visually appealing worship and recreation complex amid 53.7 acres of currently open fields and rolling hills along Old Hopper Road. In addition to a new church, the complex would feature a day care center, ball fields, a 1,000-seat amphitheater, walking trails and a 3-acre lake...

Finding a decent man or woman to date these days is just too easy. Back in my day (she said, leaning on her cane and rubbing her arthritic knees), we had to work for a date. We took what we could get, and we liked it! Take the guys I dated. (Please.) The first one I met at church. The second one I met at church. The third one I met at church. Seeing a trend here?...

Carla Ford didn't want to compete against herself in the first week of the Foto Fest contest, so she only entered one picture. But it was enough to get her noticed. Ford's picture was one of four entries selected as semifinalists in the first week of the Foto Fest 2001 amateur photography contest...

JACKSON, Mo. -- A grant of $81,000 has been given to the Jackson School District to hire more nurses and a social worker, school officials announced during a board meeting Tuesday. The grant will help the district assist both physical and mental health needs of at-risk students better, said Beth Emmendorfer, district director of special education...

JACKSON, Mo. -- Mario Whitney is headed to the University of Missouri. As a running back. Jackson High's 6-foot, 188-pound senior tailback with NFL-caliber speed, made a verbal commitment this past weekend to play under new head coach Gary Pinkel. Players can't officially sign until February, but it's common practice for players to make unofficial visits and commit to a school early. An oral commitment does not bind a player, but Whitney seems certain of his choice...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Gov. Bob Holden says he will announce Thursday whether he will sign legislation authorizing a new basketball arena for the University of Missouri at Columbia. School officials say their chances of a victory look good. Holden has declined to say publicly whether he will sign the measure authorizing $35 million in state bonds to help finance the $75 million project...

Ronnie Hall of Paducah, Ky., carded a hole-in-one Tuesday at Cape Girardeau C.C. Hall used an 8-iron to ace No. 6, a par 3 playing 130 yards. Witnesses to the shot were Brian House, Calvin Rutledge and Greg Calhoun.

Daughter to Cory and Jennifer Brant of Fenton, Mo., St. Anthony's Hospital in St. Louis, 1:09 a.m. Monday, June 18, 2001. Name, Taylor Nicole. Weight, 8 pounds 7 ounces. First child. Mrs. Brant is the former Jennifer Handlang, daughter of Anita and J.R. Deckard and David Handlang, all of Fenton. Brant is the son of Jerry and Kathy Birlew of Fenton, and Larry and Melynda Brant of Scott City, Mo...

MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Lewis Edward Hahn, 73, passed away Monday, July 9, 2001, while hauling hay on the family farm. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. today at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson, Mo. Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Haynes Chapel Congregational Methodist Church near Millersville, Mo. The Revs. Ray Mills and Jerry Sander will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery...

ADVANCE, Mo. -- Esther M. Rogers, 89, of Advance died Monday, July 9, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Jan. 29, 1912, near Advance, daughter of Jake and Addie Golf Flowers. She and Samuel Rogers were married Nov. 18, 1929, at Lutesville, Mo. He died May 9, 1988...

MARQUAND, Mo. -- Ernest A. "June" Homan Jr., 74, of Marquand died Monday, July 9, 2001, at Parkland Health Center in Farmington, Mo. He was born Jan. 26, 1927, in Marquand, the son of E.A. Homan Sr. and Esther Homan. He and Wilma A. Conway were married Dec. 31, 1948, in Roselle, Mo...

COBDEN, Ill. -- Funeral for Jewell Pauline Frogge of Cobden will be held at 11 a.m. today at Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home in Anna, Ill. Dr. Daryl Varble will officiate. Burial will be in Jonesboro Cemetery. Frogge, 81, died Monday, July 9, 2001, at City Care Center in Anna...

OAK RIDGE, Mo. -- Eugene J. Slinkard, 90, of Oak Ridge died Tuesday, July 10, 2001, at his home. He was born Feb. 27, 1911, at Randles, Mo., son of J.W. and Elizabeth Coomer Slinkard. He and Christine L. Clark were married Nov. 3, 1933, at Jackson, Mo...

Funeral for Sellars Allen Jr. of Cape Girardeau will be held at 2 p.m. today at Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel. Burial will be in Lorimier Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel from 10 a.m. until time of service. Allen, 74, died Monday, July 9, 2001, at his home...

JACKSON, Mo. -- Helen M. Robinson, 84, of Jackson died Monday, July 9, 2001, at Fountainbleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau. She was born July 11, 1916, at Vanduser, Mo., daughter of James H. and Ruth H. Alfultis Joyce. She and Stanley S. Robinson were married July 13, 1978. He died Feb. 19, 1992...

White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said the president and first lady considered their daughters' legal cases private affairs. "As you know, any matter dealing with the family is a family matter, not a government matter. It is not an issue that the White House is going to get into," Fleischer said. Shouldn't this standard be applied to all, regardless of their political party?...

If so-called pro-choice advocates are truly neutral about which choice women make, why do they seem so threatened by measures aimed at protecting the fetus in those cases where the woman chooses life? The answer is that the leaders of the pro-choice movement are not neutral. ...

A page of today's Southeast Missourian is devoted to four recent photographs submitted for this year's Foto Fest contest, sponsored by the Southeast Missourian along with Schnuck's, Albertson's, St. Francis Medical Center, Mac's Smokehouse, Cape Girardeau Regional Airport and Westfield Shoppingtown...

Eager Cape Girardeau historians and history buffs are gearing up for the bicentennial celebration of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark's 1803 expedition through the Louisiana Purchase to the Pacific Ocean. The expedition included a stop right here, where the adventurous duo rested at Cape Girardeau founder Don Louis Lorimier's home, called the Red House...

Representatives from the Missouri Chamber of Commerce were in Cape Girardeau Monday for a public briefing, and the information they shared about Gov. Bob Holden's executive order for forced unionization of Missouri public employees was unsettling. First, the policy itself...

To the editor: This poem was written by Natasha Watson, a sixth-grade student at Kelso C-7 School in New Hamburg, Mo. She wrote the poem as a gift for our music teacher, Marlene Creech, who is retiring. I think she has done an excellent job. Teachers...

The fireworks are over, the tents are coming down, and stores are preparing for back to school specials. It is unbelievable how the summer is flying by. But the abundance of garden produce and fresh peaches and blueberries remind us that summer is still in full swing...

"What's in a name?" Shakespeare asked. Apparently quite a bit, especially if the name doesn't fit. That's called a misnomer and, depending on your point of view, you see and hear them everyday. For instance, to members of a symphony orchestra the term "rap music" might be a misnomer. To one political party the other party's use of the term "tax reform" might be a misnomer. To people in the newspaper business the term "television news" might be a misnomer...