Stories from Friday, August 5, 2005

High school students in the 1960s saw a psychedelic super ride that included a lunar landing, a rock 'n' roll British Invasion and a war in the jungle. For many of them, history happened before they reached their 18th birthday. Today, however, the oldest graduates of the '60s are actually in their 60s, but about 500 of those still young-at-heart are expected to return to Cape Girardeau this weekend for a little glimpse back at their golden years. ...

Cape Girardeau artist Craig Thomas unveiled his newest work Thursday night at First Missouri State Bank. The mural, commissioned by the bank, depicts famous Cape Girardeau landmarks like Cape Rock, the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge, the downtown floodwall and the new federal building. The mural, on canvas inside the bank building, measures 19 feet long by 11 feet high...

Loaded with their sleeping bags and exhausted after a 22-hour bus ride, 35 area Boy Scouts returned to Cape Girardeau Thursday morning from the National Boy Scout Jamboree at Bowling Green, Va. Scoutmaster Bill Eddleman said the local Boy Scouts "had a blast" at the Jamboree, which started July 25 and ended Wednesday, even though it grabbed national headlines for tragic events. ...

The 11-year-old Ware, Ill., boy who was stabbed Tuesday by his 12-year-old neighbor is now in recovery at Saint Francis Medical Center, according to family friend Katy Ferguson. She said Josh Harkins, is still in intensive care, but he is doing better and has been watching television. His mother has been staying with him overnight. Ferguson said the family does not know for sure yet when the boy could be released from the hospital...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- After minimal discussion, the Missouri State School Board on Thursday rejected a proposal to create a new public school district at Matthews. The board's unanimous action marks the second time it has thwarted efforts to carve a new school system out of the New Madrid County School District...

A well-known Jackson chiropractor died this week from injuries sustained in a late June accident near his office. Rowland Fulenwider, 63, had been released Monday from Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau after spending weeks recovering from being hit by a pickup truck on South Hope Street, daughter Emily Fox said Thursday evening...

A Perryville resident sustained moderate injuries in a single-car crash south of Brazeau Thursday, the Missouri State Highway Patrol reported. Lindsey Maggi, 21, was driving southbound on Route C when the car she was driving ran off the right side of the road. Maggi ran back across the center line, over-corrected and ran the car back off the right side of the road and overturned, the patrol reported. She was taken to Perry County Hospital for treatment...

Traffic on Interstate 55 near Scott City will be temporarily reduced to one lane on Aug. 12 from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. as Missouri Department of Transportation crews replace a guardrail near mile marker 93. For more information, call (888) 275-6636.

Some of you may be surprised to know that Elvis and I share some of the same food favorites. Sort of. The King was fond of peanut-butter-and-banana sandwiches. At least that's what my wife and I learned several years ago during a tour of Graceland...

ST. LOUIS -- A.J. Burnett's first start since the Florida Marlins decided to keep him at the trade deadline was a lot like the three before that. Burnett pitched into the eighth inning and Miguel Cabrera had four hits in a 4-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday night that gave Florida a split in the four-game series...

Federal highway dollars will pay the entire cost of a new and expanded Interstate 55 interchange in Cape Girardeau County and two connecting roads, local and state officials said Thursday. The government largesse could expand the project to include outer roads paralleling the interstate, but not without local funding, Jackson Mayor Paul Sander said...

Roof repair begins in post office renovation; lobby plans not yet finished. Workers began repairing the roof on the old post office at 329 N. Frederick St. in Cape Girardeau two weeks ago, the first phase of the renovation project that will return postal operations to the 40-year-old building after a 1 1/2-year absence...

SHFARAM, Israel -- A 19-year-old Israeli soldier opened fire inside a bus Thursday, killing four Israeli Arabs in the deadliest attack on Arabs in Israel by a Jewish extremist since 1990. An angry crowd then killed the gunman. Thirteen people, including bus passengers and two policemen, were wounded in the shooting, which appeared linked to tensions over the upcoming Israeli pullout from the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Department of Social Services acknowledged Thursday that a typographical error in a letter informing 339,000 Medicaid recipients of impending cuts wrongly listed a Montana woman's toll-free number as the state help line for hearing or speech impaired people...

Nobody likes being lied to. But only Congress gets to make a federal case out of it. And bully for them in this case, since everybody else involved in baseball's ongoing steroid sham is either unwilling or unable to do anything about it. Three weeks ago, Rafael Palmeiro doubled into the left-field corner in Seattle for his 3,000th hit and got a three-minute standing ovation. ...

LONDON -- In a show of force to calm an edgy London, officers armed with submachine guns patrolled uncrowded subway stations and police helicopters hovered over city streets as one of the busiest Underground lines reopened Thursday -- four weeks to the day after suicide bombers killed 52 people...

SPACE CENTER, Houston -- After much soul-searching and analysis, NASA cleared Discovery to return to Earth next week, concluding Thursday that there was no need to send the astronauts out on another spacewalk to repair a torn thermal blanket near a cockpit window...

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. -- All of Missouri's 114 counties are now being assessed by the Missouri Farm Service Agency to determine agricultural damage from dry weather. Gov. Matt Blunt on Wednesday asked the agency to add eight counties in northwest Missouri to the list, although another state agency says those counties were not under drought conditions as of July 29...

Chief: Handcuffing child didn't break police rules ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Police officers committed an error of judgment when they handcuffed an unruly kindergartner at school in March but did not violate policy, the department's chief said Thursday. ...

David Ronald Palmer, 43, of Seattle, Wash., died Friday, June 24, 2005, in Seattle. He was born June 18, 1962, in Cape Girardeau, son of David Lee and Dora A. Mouser Palmer. He and Linda Rhea Mize were married in 1982 in Kansas City, Mo. Palmer moved to Seattle in 1996 from Cape Girardeau. He was a tool and die maker in manufacturing...

To the editor: In response to the story "Medicaid changes may make disabled quit jobs: I am on the board of the Rolla Area Sheltered Workshop. On July 18, a survey to gather information was sent out to determine how the new Medicaid guidelines would affect our disabled employees. ...

To the editor: As the director of the Missouri Department of Revenue, I am pleased to respond to your Aug. 2 editorial on the REAL ID act. To clarify, the new driver's licensing requirements are not a result of federal legislation called the REAL ID Act. Rather, they are the result of state legislation (Senate Bill 1233) signed into law by former Gov. Bob Holden effective July 1...

To the editor; The First Amendment guarantees freedom of speech and the right of the people to peaceably assemble and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. Lawmakers in Jefferson City, Mo., recently directed state employees to shield them from telephone complaints by citizens upset with their policies...

Show compassion; Cutting county fat; Drug busts; Humble pie; Ode to TeAta; Deserve a treat; Feel-good program; Crackdown on drugs; Bipartisan whining; Safe motoring; Workshop benefits; Support for police; Heartless idea; More bubble wrap; Can't fool Mother Nature

WASHINGTON -- Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist was hospitalized briefly with a fever on Thursday, the second emergency treatment for the 80-year-old ailing justice in two months. Rehnquist was treated and released from Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, Va., the same hospital where he spent two nights for observation and tests in July, also after running a fever...

Juanita M. Sebastian Popp, 80, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2005, at Fountainbleau Lodge. She was born Dec. 28, 1924, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Albert and Mary Cook Sebastian. She and Richard Popp were married Aug. 17, 1947, in Cape Girardeau. He died Nov. 20, 1998...

Barbara Rebecca "Bobbie" Barnett, 68, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Aug. 4, 2005, at her home. She was born July 12, 1937, at Kennett, Mo., daughter of William Howard and Rella Alice White Linam Sr. Barnett retired as a riverboat cook for Luhr Brothers. She was of the Native American tribe Ah-Ni-Yv-Wi-Ya, and a member of Morley VFW Auxiliary Post 5368...

Nelson W. Amos, 82, of Jackson died Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2005, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Feb. 13, 1923, in Allenville, son of Robert N. and Myrtle Byrne Amos. He and Kathryn Sanders were married April 4, 1947, at Chaffee, Mo. She died Jan. 29, 2003...

Darcy J. Gaffigan, 61, of Baton Rouge, La., died Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2005, at her home. She was born Oct. 27, 1943, in Evanston, Ill., daughter of Gilbert and Evelyn Bryg Gallaher. Survivors include her husband, Walter Gaffigan of Baton Rouge; two sons, Garrick and Thomas Gaffigan of Cape Girardeau; two sisters, Sharon Lichter of Port Charlotte, Fla., and Cynthia Cumpian of Chicago...

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Ruby Uthoff, 91, of Collierville, Tenn., formerly of Sikeston, died Thursday, Aug. 4, 2005, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Collierville. She was born Aug. 10, 1913, in Charleston, Mo., daughter of George Allen and Henrietta Cottum Lain. She and Spencer Uthoff were married June 10, 1939, in Scott County, Mo. He died April 6, 2000...

Gary D. Niswonger, 68, of Millersville died Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2005, at Monticello House in Jackson. He was born April 14, 1937, in Millersville, son of Ervin D. and Marie Bridges Niswonger. Niswonger was previously employed by the former Jerry Pickens Co. three years. He then briefly worked for the former Oldsmobile Car Co. in Cape Girardeau...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Dicy Elizabeth Adams, 86, of Evans, Ga., died Thursday, Aug. 4, 2005, at Doctors Hospital in Augusta, Ga. She was born Aug. 30, 1918, at Fancy Farm, Ky., daughter of John and Florence Hobbs Roberts. She married Raymond Adams, who preceded her in death...

James Edward Eddleman, 37, of Pocahontas died Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2005, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born June 12, 1968, in Cape Girardeau, son of Wayne Lloyd and Shirley Jean Mungle Eddleman. He and Michelle Allison were married Sept. 26, 1989...

Hardly a day goes by that doesn't involve plastic bags, those convenient totes with built-in handles that most retailers provide for shoppers at checkout lanes. Most homes have a drawer or shelf or bin stuffed with these plastic bags, which conveniently squeeze tighter and tighter, making room for ... more bags...

With games scheduled from 8 a.m. this morning until sometime after 2 a.m. Saturday, the NBC World Series bills today as "Baseball Round the Clock." The Plaza Tire Capahas drew another late-night assignment for their elimination bracket game today: 10 p.m. against the Maxim Yankees of California...

SEMO Acoustic Musicians Guild to meet Wednesday; Underberg House, Tunes at Twilight star Kraig Kenning; Wickliffe Mounds will present pottery workshop; Bluegrass doubleheader to play at Wappapello Lake; Pulaski County Fair runs Aug. 15 to 20; Christian music ShoutFest '05 coming to Paducah

Berger; Willis; Locklear; Evans

25 years ago: Aug. 5, 1980 City officials conducted a full-scale test of the city's disaster warning system yesterday to determine if any recent modifications made by the system contractor, Alert Systems Inc. of Paducah, Ky., had improved the 14-siren system; however, a sound engineer found no measurable improvement in the decibel level when compared to tests done in late June...

NEW YORK -- It was not long after she met John Lennon that Yoko Ono realized she had become one of the most hated women on the planet. Sitting in her apartment in the Dakota, just a stone's throw from where Lennon was gunned down nearly 25 years ago, Ono takes herself back four decades to an art party in London where one of her sculptures was on display...

The Rev. David Butler provided evidence that the raffle was honest, prosecutor Morley Swingle said. Proving a local preacher ran a phony raffle would have been impossible, Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney Morley Swingle said Thursday. After a painstaking investigation by the Cape Girardeau Sheriff's Department, enough evidence existed to support the Rev. David Butler's claim that the raffle was honest. The only choice was to drop the case, Swingle said...

Missouri ranks poorly in several health categories, according to national study. Missouri likes its cigarettes. Exercise? Not so much. The Show Me State ranked 48th in the nation in smoking prevalence in last year, according to the latest study released by the United Health Foundation. ...

Cape Girardeau...

Cape Girardeau Firefighters responded to the following calls Wednesday: * At 12:33 a.m., emergency medical service in the 400 block of Bellevue Street. * At 3:49 a.m., astill alarm at 426 S. Middle St. * At 7:58 a.m., medical assist in the 800 block of North Henderson Avenue...

Coup leader meets first with U.S., French envoys; N. Korea won't abandon 'peaceful' nuke programs; Israel's nuke program got ingredient from Britain

Artist Juanita Herrell had the perfect inspiration when she set out to make her themed mosaics called "The Seven Days of Creation." For the devout Christian from Ava, Mo., the inspiration was both divine and earthly. "We've got this big thing right now of people wondering whether there's a creator or whether we're evolved," said Herrell. "I'm a Christian and I believe we were created. That's why I created this, to tell a story."...

Four stars (out of four) On a scale from one to four, this movie is definitely a four plus. Since it has only been a few years since my own high school days, I could really identify with the story line. There are lot of similarities between Sky High and the one I attended here in Cape...

ST. LOUIS -- For the first time since their rookie years, Kevin Curtis and Shaun McDonald are healthy and looking to contribute to the St. Louis Rams offense. Both were drafted in 2003 -- Curtis in the third round out of Utah State and McDonald in the fourth round from Arizona State...

ST. LOUIS -- Even without Scott Rolen, the St. Louis Cardinals are hardly missing a beat, thanks to the career .238 hitter filling in at third base. Utility infielder Abraham Nunez is making a name for himself in his first season in St. Louis, primarily as the fill-in while Rolen heals from a shoulder injury...

College...

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- The Baltimore Orioles fired manager Lee Mazzilli on Thursday with the team mired in an eight-game losing streak and still reeling from Rafael Palmeiro's positive drug test. The Orioles have made bench coach Sam Perlozzo the interim manager for the remainder of the season...

On the day Peter Forsberg was reintroduced to Philadelphia, Anaheim became the NHL's city of brotherly love. Scott Niedermayer spurned a lucrative offer to return to the New Jersey Devils in favor of a four-year deal from Anaheim, that will allow him to play on the Mighty Ducks with his brother...

RIVER FALLS, Wis. -- Maybe this won't be Dick Vermeil's last year after all. In January, at the end of Kansas City's tough and disappointing 7-9 season, the oldest head coach in the NFL honestly thought it would be. "I've told my assistant coaches that next year will be my last," he announced...

I've been trying for months to get my hands on Hyundai's redesigned Sonata V-6 for a test drive, and my day finally came last week. Hyundai thinks it has built a car that gives Honda Accord and Toyota Camry -- the best sellers in the mid-size sedans segment -- some direct competition. I wanted to see for myself...

LONDON -- It was a quiet, jittery morning, one that had become all too common. Six thousand police officers blanketed the city Thursday, four weeks after blasts shattered subway cars and a bus, two weeks since a second attempt to bomb the Underground. ...

Despite his success, Stewart has never won at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Tony Stewart isn't kidding when he says he'd trade every win and every trophy for just one victory at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. As a budding young racer growing up in Indiana, it was the only track that really mattered...

ST. LOUIS -- For more than half a century, KMOX has been synonymous with the St. Louis Cardinals. Not anymore. The Cardinals announced Thursday that a new ballpark isn't the only big change for 2006: The team's broadcasting rights will go to another AM station, KTRS, severing the relationship with KMOX that began 51 years ago...

'The Dukes of Hazzard'; Still in theaters; 'Bad News Bears'; 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'; 'Herbie: Fully Loaded'; 'Hustle & Flow'; 'The Island'; 'March of the Penguins'; 'Must Love Dogs'; 'The Perfect Man'; 'Sky High'; 'Stealth'; 'The Wedding Crashers'

Art veteran Gary Lucy is working on a high-pressure commission for the people of Cape Girardeau. Lucy's job: To enhance the aesthetics of the much-anticipated River Campus, the new home of the arts for Southeast Missouri State University, with a 27-foot-long historically themed mural...

Dear Tom and Ray: I am a student in Boston with a car that is originally from Texas. I have a 1996 Chevrolet G Van that has more than 150,000 miles on it. The car had been working really well until last fall. This was its first real winter. Basically, I have to jump-start my car every time I want to turn it on. ...

Sue Gunter, a Hall of Fame coach and pioneer in women's college basketball, died Thursday. She was 66. LSU said Gunter, who had suffered from emphysema, died at her home in Baton Rouge. She coached for 40 years, 22 at LSU where she took teams to 13 NCAA tournaments and laid the foundation for trips to the NCAA Final Four the past two years. She was voted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in March and will now be inducted posthumously on Sept. 9 in Springfield, Mass...