Stories from Sunday, September 21, 2008

Jennifer Suzanne Taylor and Corey Douglas Jackson were married April 19, 2008, at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Cape Girardeau. The Rev. Rahab Isidor performed the ceremony. Reader was Beth Bishop of St. Louis. Pianist was Lenny Kuper, flutist was Jennifer Willis, cellist was James Thompson, and vocalist was Alan Bruns, all of Cape Girardeau...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Samantha Collins announces the engagement of her mother, Julie Ramsey of Cairo, to Chris Freeman of Carrollton, Mo. Ramsey is the daughter of Howard and Karen Ramsey of Paris, Mo. Freeman is the son of Phil and Marilyn Freeman of Marble Hill, Mo...

Emily Kathryn Scherer and Kris Anthony Oliveira were married May 24, 2008, at St. Denis Catholic Church in Benton, Mo. The Rev. Normand Varone performed the ceremony. Pianist was Amanda Dirnberger of Cape Girardeau, and vocalists were Alison and Lorna Gaffney of Maryland Heights, Mo...

ORAN, Mo. -- Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Pope of Oran recently observed their 55th wedding anniversary with a family celebration at the home of their daughter. Pope and Viva Jean Eakin were married Aug. 28, 1953, at Garden Ridge General Baptist Church near Bell City. Their attendants were Tyree and Frances Eakin Brown...

Jay and Lynn Porter and Robert Deshazier of Cape Girardeau announce the engagement of their daughter, Jennifer Lynn Deshazier, to Joshua Caleb Shands. He is the son of Ronald and Melissa Shands of Glenallen, Mo. Deshazier is a 2006 graduate of Central High School. She expects to graduate Sept. 25 from the licensed practical nursing program at Cape Girardeau Career and Technology Center...

Sherry Lynn Keene and John Calmore Stallings III were united in marriage Sept. 6, 2008, at Kiwanis Park in Cape Girardeau. Zack Strong performed the ceremony. Music was by James Keene and Nicole Ramsey of Jackson. The bride is the daughter of Thomas and Wanda Keene of Cape Girardeau. The groom is the son of John Stallings II of Charleston, Mo., and the late Patricia Stallings...

Lacey Megan Cruthis and Lance Cpl. Michael David Hitt were married May 26, 2008, in Greensboro, N.C. The Rev. Garland Thorton of Pleasant Garden, N.C., performed the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Mark Cruthis and Kim Cruthis of Greensboro. The groom is the son of Janet Hitt and David Hitt of Jackson...

Kristal Lee Fish and Chad Joseph Flentge were married Oct. 20, 2007, at Samuel United Church of Christ in Clayton, Mo. Jeff Groene performed the ceremony. Pianist was Neal Richardson of St. Louis. Parents of the bride are Kathi Fish and Jon Fish of Cape Girardeau. The groom is the son of Kim and Mary Flentge of Perryville, Mo...

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Kagle of Cape Girardeau celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary July 19, 2008, at Cape Girardeau Country Club. Hosts were their daughters and sons-in-law, Deborah and Carroll Williams of Cape Girardeau, and Karla and the Rev. David Liebherr of Waukesha, Wis...

Raymond Schnurbusch PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Raymond F. "Bob" Schnurbusch, 83, of Perryville died Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008, with his family at his side after a long, courageous battle with Parkinson's disease at Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau...

The host Central girls cross country team entered the Central Invitational having won the girls varsity team competition four years straight. Make it five years. Central runners Veronica Schabbing, Mary Dohogne and Brittany Moreland were the first three girls to cross the finish line Saturday as they overcame a muddy home course -- something Moreland said her team enjoyed -- to help the Tigers to the top team finish in the girls varsity event with 15 points...

Zach Zaruba found the back of the net twice to help lead the Central boys soccer team to a 7-4 victory over Paducah Tilghman on Saturday. Central improved to 8-2 and returns to action Tuesday against Jackson. Carbondale shootout Saxony Lutheran won a pair of games, defeating host Carbondale 2-1 then downing Sikeston 4-2...

FREDERICKTOWN -- The Scott City Rams weren't too keen on making a second trip to Fredericktown in less than 24 hours to make up the football game that was postponed Friday night. "It was rough on us," senior Josh Trapp said. "We were motivated and ready to play last night."...

The 650 miles Wynn McClellan ran this past summer was the most logged by any member of the Notre Dame cross country team. Even when McClellan was on vacation visiting relatives in Alabama, he continued to run each day to ensure his junior season would be a better one than his sophomore year...

St. Vincent High School graduate Waylon Richardet made a triumphant return to his home area. Richardet, a sophomore defensive tackle at Missouri State, received his first collegiate start Saturday night as the Bears beat Southeast Missouri State 45-28...

Southeast Missouri State volleyball coach Renata Nowacki blamed a lack of execution more than a rash of injuries for Saturday's loss. Morehead State, the preseason Ohio Valley Conference favorite, left Houck Field House with a 25-18, 27-25, 25-21 victory...

Houston Lillard did end up going to the bench in the first half of Saturday's game, but it had more to do with the senior quarterback's two interceptions than it did any off-the-field business from earlier in the week. During his absence, a freshman mistake left Southeast in such a large deficit by halftime even Lillard's sharp second-half performance couldn't save the Redhawks...

Rotary Exchange student applications deadline approaches High school students interested in spending the 2009-2010 school year abroad as a Rotary exchange student can apply to the Jackson Rotary Club via the Jackson High School Counselor's Office. Personal interviews will be in December but application deadline is Oct. 10. For more information visit www.rotary6060.org or call Dave Walker at 243-6438...

Navy Seaman Apprentice Jamie L. Henderson, son of Joanna L. and Virtice G. Henderson of Thebes, Ill., recently completed U.S. Navy basic training and was promoted to his current rank at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill. Henderson is a 2006 graduate of Egyptian High School of Tamms, Ill. ...

Susan Lane, art teacher at Orchard Drive Elementary School in Jackson, has been recognized by Artsonia, an online children's art museum, for her leadership in arts education. The school's online art gallery, www.artsonia.com/schools/orchard8, ranks No. ...

Navy Seaman Travis C. Beggs, son of Cathy L. and Cameron C. Beggs of Benton, Mo., was recently promoted to his current rank upon graduation from recruit training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill. Beggs is a 2008 graduate of Kelly High School in Benton, Mo. ...

POSTVILLE, Iowa -- A Minnesota firm held a job fair in Postville on Saturday as it looked to recruit workers away from troubled meatpacking plant Agriprocessors. Officials with Long Prairie Packing, of Long Prairie, Minn., said they are looking to lure workers from Agriprocessors, which has suffered since a massive immigration raid in May that led to the arrest of nearly 400 people on immigration charges. ...

Southeast Missouri State University plans to recognize National Archaeology Month and National Hunting and Fishing Day with free events from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. The day, sponsored by the Crisp Museum and the Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center, features learning stations, programs and presentations...

Southeast Missouri State's offense finally woke up in the second half. But it was too late to prevent Missouri State from continuing its dominance of the Redhawks. The Redhawks scored touchdowns on four straight possessions beginning midway through the third quarter...

n Sept. 18, 1992: Kenny Hulshof, assistant attorney general, confirms he is working to win appointment as prosecuting attorney of Boone County. Other contenders include Kevin Crane, a Boone County native and assistant prosecutor. n Nov. 23, 1992: The Boone County Republican Central Committee votes 17-15 to recommend Crane to Gov. John Ashcroft for appointment as prosecutor. Hulshof's supporters fail in a bid to keep the balloting secret...

hulshof's agenda During the course of his campaign for governor, U.S. Rep. Kenny Hulshof, the Republican nominee, has outlined plans for legislation he would champion. Major proposals include: HEALTH CARE A new state-sponsored program of Health Savings Accounts coupled to high deductible health insurance plans, patterned in part on the Massachusetts model without mandated purchase of coverage. ...

Concert at Bollinger Mill State Historic site A bluegrass concert featuring Wil Maring, guitarist and songwriter, and Robert Bowlin, fiddler and guitarist, will be at 4:30 p.m. at Bollinger Mill State Historic site. The concert will last about an hour. Bring lawn chairs...

Beef Cattle Angus: Grand Champion Heifer: Birk Beef Cattle, Gordonville Grand Champion Bull: Lazy P Ranch, Oak Ridge Charolais Grand champion heifer: Michaela Haley, Sedgewickville Grand champion bull: Michaela Haley, Sedgewickville...

Mother/daughter look-a-like Misty and Isabelle Arthur, Cape Girardeau -- 1st place Jody and Coley Blattel, Whitewater -- 2nd place Father/son look-a-like Edward and Nathan Landewee, Scott City -- 1st Sean Magee Sr., Jr., Jackson -- 2nd Hot dog eating contest senior division...

Quilts keep you warm, add color to a room and can show off a family's heritage. At the River Heritage Quilter's Guild Quilt Show, they raise money for breast cancer, show off craftsmanship and teach a bit of history, piece by piece. Quilts at the River Heritage Quilter's Guild Seventh Bi-Annual Quilt Show will be judged on features including workmanship, design and overall appearance. ...

Windy Winchester is still going strong at 96 years old. Winchester bowls every Wednesday at Jackson Lanes in Jackson with the Young at Heart League, a senior citizen league. His wife, D'orsay comes along with him but has not been able to bowl for a few years because of her dependence on a cane. She comes to watch him bowl...

Rudi Keller: The first question, since I have known you since the time you began seeking political office... Hulshof: Were you covering the '94 race? Keller: I covered the '94 race and actually was hanging around when George Mazurak was covering the 1992 selections for the recommendation for Boone County prosecutor. But when did you first decide that it was politics, that you wanted to become a candidate for public office?...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The play button is pushed, and the powerful beat of John Powell's "The Bourne Supremacy" score bounces off the walls of the Missouri Contemporary Ballet's new downtown rehearsal space. Heavy string rhythms slam against drum percussion to light the fuse for the six MCB dancers who fly off their marks while guest choreographer Eric Bean Jr., of the Koresh Dance Company of Philadelphia, snaps off vocal directions. Arms sway and muscles tense...

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Hours after performing for thousands of South Carolina college students, former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and celebrity DJ AM were critically injured in a fiery Learjet crash that killed four people, authorities said Saturday...

Pavement construction on the Highway 34/72 project will resume Monday. Gaines Construction will be pouring concrete on the road at 7 a.m. Work is expected to take place through Tuesday. During this time, traffic will be reduced to one lane. The project, scheduled to be completed in July 2009, will widen the road from two lanes to four, install an eight-inch concrete median and replace the Crane Creek Bridge...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- About 140 men who were prisoners of war met in Kansas City this weekend to share their stories and some camaraderie. Many of the veterans at the 61st national convention of the American Ex-Prisoners of War served during World War II, including some who were in German POW camps and others who survived the Bataan Death March -- the 1942 march of thousands of American and Filipino prisoners by the Japanese...

By Elizabeth Shelton As local and national politicians duke it out, vying to sling the most mud and hurl the loudest disparaging remarks, I am reassured and proud to report we do have a few silent superheroes living right here in Cape Girardeau. So many lost so much to Hurricane Ike and previous storms, I'm a bit embarrassed to admit we were saddened by the loss of a mere trampoline. ...

CHICAGO -- Meet Chris. He has a nose for trouble. The frisky yellow Labrador retriever is the newest sleuth to join the crime-fighting team in the Chicago office of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. With his sensitive and highly trained nose, Chris doesn't just sniff out a hidden bomb. He finds a place where explosives used to be stored -- even after they have been removed...

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Be careful when you boast. Oklahoma college students who bragged on MySpace that their party business had served thousands of revelers have been hit with a state tax bill of $320,000. The Oklahoman newspaper reported that 2007 tax documents indicate the party business Kegheadz hosted more than 100 events over nearly five years...

WENTZVILLE, Mo. -- The trampoline outside the model home sits idle without a child in sight -- and so does the patio's child-sized table scattered with storybooks including Bambi and The Poky Little Puppy. From the vantage point of the home's surveillance camera, one might wonder, Where did the children go? Did the monitor in the kitchen just show a strange car driving down the street?...

GENEVA -- The world's largest atom smasher has been damaged twice and will be out of commission for at least two months, its operators said Saturday. CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, said Saturday that a large amount of helium had leaked into the 17-mile circular tunnel deep under the Swiss-French border that houses the Large Hadron Collider...

Thousands in Ohio still without power after Ike COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Electric utilities in Ohio say thousands of homes and business are still without power a week after a powerful storm blacked out large sections of the state. Damage caused by high wind from the remnants of Hurricane Ike cut power to about 2.6 million customers across Ohio at the peak of the outage Sept. ...

Friday night's storms may have caused the cancellation of Saturday's horse show at the East Perry County Community Fair and resulted in sloppy fields and fairgrounds, but the mud didn't bother Bucky a bit. Bucky, a brown mule standing 47 inches tall and led by Dennis Miller of Scott City, jumped a barrier several inches taller than he is to win the 26th annual mule jumping competition, his fourth win in a row at the event, which is the fair's most popular draw...

McFadden Daughter to Brian McFadden and Dotti Adams of Annapolis, Mo., Mineral Area Regional Medical Center in Farmington, Mo., 10:01 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008. Name, Alexis Paige. Weight, 6 pounds, 14 ounces. Ms. Adams is the daughter of Billy and Carla Adams of Oran. McFadden is the son of Doug and Carol Herbst of Annapolis...

WASHINGTON -- President Bush and Colombian President Alvaro Uribe renewed their push Saturday for Congress to approve a free-trade deal before lawmakers leave town to campaign for re-election. "It's in our economic interest that we continue to open up markets in our neighborhood, particularly with a nation that is growing like yours," Bush told Uribe in the Rose Garden. ...

When $28,990 starts to look like a bargain for a seven- or eight-passenger vehicle, you know that crossover sport utility vehicles with three rows of seats have become popular with American families. Chevrolet dropped its eight-passenger minivan, the Uplander, in the 2008 model year and added the seven- to eight-passenger Traverse crossover sport utility vehicle for 2009. Crossovers give you a car-like ride and modern styling that's more SUV-like than that on minivans...

WASHINGTON -- Experts at an early August international AIDS conference in Mexico City were full of praise for the United States for having reversed a 15-year-old law banning people who are HIV-positive from entering the country. But nearly two months after President Bush signed that act into law, his administration has yet to take the steps needed to put the new law into practice, and lawmakers and advocacy groups are wondering what is going on...

SHIJIAZHUANG, China -- China's food safety problem widened Friday after the industrial chemical melamine was found in milk produced by three of the country's leading dairy companies -- prompting stores, including Starbucks, to yank milk from their shelves...

DELHI, Ill. -- Here's a tip: Bartending nude can get you arrested. Sheriff's deputies doing a routine check this week at a Southern Illinois bar say they discovered a not-so-routine sight. Authorities allege that 33-year-old Janet Brannon was naked while serving bar patrons at the Cabin Tavern in Delhi...

WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration asked Congress on Saturday for the power to buy $700 billion in toxic assets clogging the financial system and threatening the economy as negotiations began on the largest bailout since the Great Depression. The rescue plan would give Washington broad authority to purchase bad mortgage-related assets from U.S. ...

AGENCY, Mo. -- Buchanan County Sheriff's deputies answering a domestic disturbance call this week instead discovered a pair of monkeys reported stolen from a Kansas City, Mo., man almost a year ago. Sgt. Mark Brock said the pigtailed macaques, named Abby and Nicholas, were found late Thursday while deputies investigated the call at a residence in rural Agency. After spotting the monkeys, the deputies got a search warrant and came back to take a closer look at them...

25 years ago: Sept. 21, 1983 New signal lights have been installed along Broadway's one-way section, which means the conversion to two-way traffic along the length of the street could come either Thursday or Friday; all that remains to be done is electrical synchronization of the lights and some changes in traffic signs...

CHICAGO -- The Rev. Jesse Jackson called on Congress on Saturday to ban campaign contributions from major financial institutions for members of financial oversight committees. President Bush, the Federal Reserve, the Securities Exchange Commission and congressional oversight committees are to blame for the recent financial meltdown, Jackson said in an interview...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- A massive truck bomb devastated the heavily guarded Marriott Hotel in Pakistan's capital Saturday, killing at least 40 people and wounding at least 100. Officials feared there were dozens more dead inside the burning building...

NEW YORK -- Nearly 300 tow trucks rumbled through New York City on Saturday in an attempt to smash the world record for the largest parade of its kind. Organizers think they hit the mark, with 292 trucks participating. The procession included flatbeds, wreckers and 50-ton rotators...

Female voters who have not selected a candidate to support in the upcoming presidential election were invited to the home of local resident and former Missouri secretary of state Bekki Cook on Saturday for a party hosted by the Cape County Central Democrat Committee...

LANCASTER, Calif. -- Residents of northern Los Angeles County are not grooving to this music. Lancaster city officials said this week that they're paving over a quarter-mile strip of asphalt grooved to play the William Tell Overture when auto tires speed over it...

The generous and good-hearted people of Southeast Missouri do not give up easily, not even when the remains of a hurricane all but bring communities to a halt. That was the case last weekend when strong winds from Hurricane Ike swept through the area, leaving a mess of downed trees and property damage along with widespread power outages...

Cape Girardeau Firefighters responded to the following calls Saturday: n At 4:42 p.m., technical rescue in the unit block of North Pacific Street. n At 6:19 p.m., alarm in the 600 block of South West End Boulevard n At 6:37 p.m., motor vehicle accident on Interstate 55...

Dear Dr. Dobson: You've said schools need to have enough structure and discipline to require certain behavior from children whether or not they have a natural interest in the subject being taught. Then you must favor a structured, teacher-led program, where student behavior is rather tightly controlled. Why?...

GALVESTON, Texas -- Rats, raw sewage and a no-excuses curfew await exiled residents who try to return to storm-wrecked Galveston Island when it reopens next week, officials warned Saturday, a week after Hurricane Ike came thundering ashore. Ugly as the city's last week and immediate future may be, the grim predictions didn't seem to scare some of the 45,000 evacuated islanders from trying to get home, even though most of the island won't open back up until Wednesday...

Thanks, Ameren A BIG thank you goes to AmerenUE and its crews. Thanks for getting power restored. You never know how much you miss it till you are without it. We know you were short-handed after sending help down South, but you got us back on as soon as you could...

Cape Girardeau The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWIs n Antonio L. Boaz, 29, 408 Albert St., was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. n Tamara L. Richardet, 46, of Perryville, Mo., was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated...

Tennis n Wood 'n' Whites tournament: The Cape Area Tennis Association will host its annual Wood 'n' Whites tournament Saturday at the Southeast Missouri State tennis facility. The doubles tournament is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The age of the partners must total 90 years, players must wear all white and they must play with wooden rackets. Cost: $60 per team. Info or to register: Donna Ryan, 332-1614...

RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Prominent Palestinians are lighting a fire under Israel's feet by proposing a peace in which there would be no separate Palestine and Israel, but a single state with equal rights for all. The recent talk of a binational state of Arabs and Jews may be little more than a pressure tactic fed by frustration over the failure of talks on a two-state solution, but it has set Israeli leaders on edge...

Carole Everett ULLIN, Ill. -- Carole Everett of Ullin died Friday, Sept.19, 2008, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Crain Funeral Home in Ullin.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Except for the first five months of her infancy, Audrey Barbarick has lived in Missouri all her life. Her mother was born on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean Sea. In 1952, she met Barbarick's father there. He was in the U.S. Navy. They married in England in 1954. Barbarick and her twin sister were born in 1956 in London. Five months later, the family moved to Missouri. Her mother became a citizen in 1961...

Judge orders Cheney to preserve records WASHINGTON -- A federal judge Saturday ordered Dick Cheney to preserve a wide range of the records from his time as vice president. The decision by U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly is a setback for the Bush administration in its effort to promote a narrow definition of materials that must be safeguarded under by the Presidential Records Act. ...

LAS VEGAS -- A Las Vegas judge has dismissed a firearms charge against entertainer Jerry Lewis. Las Vegas Justice Court Judge Karen Bennett-Haron dismissed the case Friday after attorneys agreed to let the 82-year-old comedian off without fines. Lewis was cited in July for attempting to carry an unloaded concealed weapon through McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas...

John Holden SIKESTON, Mo. -- John M. Holden, 61, of Sikeston died Friday, Sept. 19, 2008, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Aug. 24, 1947. Survivors include two brothers, Jimmy Holden, and Roy Klotzer, both of Cape Girardeau...

Editor's note: This is the first of two installments about Missouri's race for governor. A profile on Jay Nixon will appear next Sunday. By Rudi Keller Southeast Missourian On Jan. 1, Kenny Hulshof was a happy incumbent congressman. A father of two young girls, he and wife Renee Hulshof were settled comfortably in their Columbia, Mo., home. He held a politically secure position, representing the 9th Congressional District in Missouri since 1997...

Jay Nixon interview, Sept. 12, 2008 Interview conducted at Democratic State Headquarters, Jefferson City. Rudi Keller: What I am trying to do with these stories is part political biography and part talking about your plans for the state of Missouri. ...

Sylvester Bridgeman ADVANCE, Mo. -- Sylvester Bridgeman, 86, of Advance died Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008, at Advance Nursing Center. Bridgeman was born June 13, 1922, in Glennon, Mo., son of Andrew Bridgeman and Anna Hosenfeld. He and Almeda Ladd were married Feb. 3, 1950, in Piggott, Ark...

Southeast Missouri is defined by its special people and special places. One of the special people in our region is John "Jack" Waggener, a man of distinguished past and reassuring presence. A conversation with either him or his wife, Mary Ella, over lunch in the Saxony Village lunch room will shed little light upon either the career or achievements of this quiet and unassuming gentleman. ...

Mike and Cheryl Crouch of Jackson announce the engagement of their daughter, Amanda Ruth Crouch, to Paul William Baldwin. He is the son of Steve and Vickie Baldwin of Linn Creek, Mo. Crouch is a 2000 graduate of Jackson High School. She received a bachelor of science degree in mathematics education from Missouri State University in 2004, and a master's degree in secondary education from Drury University in 2007. She is a geometry teacher at Manhattan High School in Manhattan, Kan...