Stories from Friday, November 5, 2010

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Jackson junior Ryan Schlick loved the result but didn't think much of the look of his shot in the waning seconds of Thursday's first half. Schlick swung his leg around to knock a low shot toward the Northwest goal, and the ball bounced up and over Lions goalie Caleb Day for the game's first goal...

Volunteers are giving back to the community one bowl at a time with the fifth annual Empty Bowls Project banquets. Linda Bohnsack, co-chairwoman of the banquets, said the Cape Girardeau chapter of the nationwide Empty Bowls Project charity is committed to feeding hungry individuals in Southeast Missouri. This year, proceeds from the banquets and a silent auction that ends today will be given to the Cape Girardeau Salvation Army for community meals...

A conference this weekend at Cape LaCroix Church is aimed at strengthening marriages. Gary Smalley, a nationally known counselor, speaker and author, will present the Love and Laughter Marriage Getaway along with pastor Ted Cunningham. "The Cape area is a rich area for family and we felt like strengthening marriages is our first responsibility," said Marc Harris of Men at the Cross, which helped organize the event...

A disagreement at a board meeting Wednesday night has resulted in resignations and some reinstatements among the officers of the Gordonville Fire Protection District.

A Marble Hill, Mo., man is in custody of the Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Department, after Jackson police arrested him on suspicion he was in possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia.

Cape Girardeau city leaders will explain the need for peripheral zoning to residents and the Cape Girardeau County Commission at a public hearing Nov. 30. Because of the interest in the topic, commissioners set the hearing for 7 p.m. at the Osage Community Centre to accommodate the anticipated crowd.

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Fall's dry weather created ideal harvest conditions for farmers but combined with the warmer-than-average temperatures, it wreaked havoc on the corn crop. "Dry weather is always nice during harvest. Cotton, rice, soybean and corn harvests were done in record time this year," said Anthony Ohmes, agronomy specialist for the University of Missouri Extension's Mississippi County office in Charleston...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- November is Saluting Veterans Month for Pack 112 Bear Den of Jackson, Mo., and to learn more about what Soldiers are doing overseas, the Cub Scouts talked to a Missouri National Guardsman currently deployed to Afghanistan. Using Skype technology at the Cape Girardeau armory, the boys, age's eight to ten, talked to Lt. Col. North Charles, who is currently deployed with the Agri-business Development Team IV...

A collage of inspiration from the Jackson Volleyball Team's Pink Out.

Pvt Devan Moore graduated on Nov 4th in Fort Leonard Wood, MO. This is Pvt Moore with his sister Rachel Moore.

The Southeast Missourian's website, semissourian.com, received a major upgrade Thursday. The site's facelift, months in the making, is aimed at improving navigation and the overall experience for users. The front page of the site will now have sections for business, features and sports...

I took a picture of this five legged spider in my sons yard.

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The fish tank at the U.S. Geological Survey's Columbia Environmental Research Center looked like it held a swirling black cloud. A school of juvenile Asian carp was clustered together and rapidly rotating from the outside of the school to the inside...

The "Duncan House", residence of the founder of Animas Forks silver mine, now a beautiful ghost town.

While turnover traditionally has been high in janitorial work, recruiting and keeping custodians in the Cape Girardeau School District is becoming a bigger challenge, a district official said. A starting wage of $8.35 an hour and at least three years without a raise aren't helping matters, said Neil Glass, the Cape Girardeau School District's director of administrative services...

Members of the Cape Girardeau Marine Corps League collected toys November 4 and 5 at Toys R Us. November 4 was the official nationwide campaign kickoff. A huge "thank you" to everyone who donated money or a toy to this wonderful organization!

The Unseen Ghost Brigade, a traveling theater troupe, will give a free performance at the Common Pleas Courthouse lawn at 3 p.m. Saturday. The group is traveling down the Mississippi River from Minneapolis to New Orleans on a homemade raft, performing a series of ecologically-based, historical ghost stories titled: "Death on the Mississippi" and the "Adventures of the Unseen Ghost Brigade."...

Any band can practice and play a Kiss cover. It takes dedication to play a tribute. When KISSiT, a tribute band playing in Cape Girardeau on Saturday, plays songs like "Detroit Rock City" and "God of Thunder," band members play more than the music. They play the part. The band needs six to eight hours before a show to set up the stage, apply makeup and arrange their outfits...

A special enhanced enterprise zone would provide property tax breaks of at least 50 percent to certain new or expanding business in Cape Girardeau County, although some at a special meeting Thursday would like to see that figure closer to 100 percent.

Cape Girardeau firefighters responded to 2719 Stephen Drive Thursday afternoon after a neighbor reported heavy black smoke.

What happens when the community theater group has a shortage of males to fill the roles? They improvise when the right women steps up for the part. In the River City Players' upcoming production, "The Crazy Time," Andrea Shovan plays a male character who doublecrosses the lead character and takes over his business...

NEW YORK -- Taylor Swift fans have spoken -- more than a million times. The country-pop superstar sold more than 1 million copies of her new album "Speak Now" to debut at the top of the Billboard album chart this week. Billboard.com said Wednesday that it's the biggest debut since 50 Cent's "The Massacre" five years ago...

FIRST FRIDAY RECEPTIONS Mozaic Pottery, paintings, photography, glass works and more from the collage of artists that make up Mozaic Art Studio. Open until 9 p.m. 5 N. Main St. Black Door Gallery Josh Reeves' abstract paintings, which follow in the footsteps of pop artists like Jackson Pollock. Reception from 5 to 9 p.m...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- For nearly 10 months, more than 1 million people in Haiti's earthquake camps have been walking a precarious line: Trying to get out and find good homes without losing their tents and the possessions they still have. Now a potential hurricane threatens to upend that careful balance. ...

PARIS -- American and British officials moved quickly Thursday to downplay the French foreign minister's comment that one of two mail bombs sent from Yemen last week was disarmed just 17 minutes before it was set to go off. The issue of timing is central to the investigation because it could indicate whether terrorists hoped to blow up the planes over U.S. airspace or whether they simply wanted to take down the planes regardless of their location...

MUMBAI, India -- A Delta flight that landed at Mumbai on Thursday night was searched after suspicious cargo was reported on board. All the passengers got off safely but the airport was on high alert. "The security agencies are checking the cargo," said airport spokesman Manish Kalghatgi...

ACAPULCO, Mexico -- Forensic investigators searched for more hidden graves Thursday near where they had already found 18 badly decomposed cadavers that are suspected to belong to Mexican tourists who had set out for Acapulco. Guarded by soldiers and marines, the investigators used long metal poles to probe the ground in a coconut palm grove in the community of Tuncingo, just east of Acapulco. An anonymous tip led police to the bodies of two men there Wednesday...

GUSTAVIA, St. Barts -- Eugenie Blanchard, a nun who was considered the world's oldest person, died in the French Caribbean island of St. Barts on Thursday. She was 114. Blanchard, who friends called "Sweets" because of her kindness, died at Bruyn Hospital, where she had lived in the geriatric ward since 1980, said hospital director Pierre Nuty...

TOKYO -- It's a dream job for slackers. Domino's Pizza Japan, Inc. is offering a 2.5 million yen, or $31,000, part-time job in December. The popular American pizza outlet said Thursday it will hire one person for the one-hour job, which requires neither experience nor education, only that applicants must be older than 18...

MOUNT MERAPI, Indonesia -- A deadly surge of blistering gases cascaded down the slopes of Indonesia's most volatile volcano, torching houses in one mountainside village and nearly doubling the number of people killed in just over a week to 79. Thirty-five bodies were brought to a morgue at a nearby hospital, which was struggling to cope with victims. More than 65 people were injured, many of them critically...

WASHINGTON -- A major study shows giving heavy smokers special CT scans can detect lung cancer early enough to modestly lower their risk of death -- the first clear evidence that a screening test may help fight the nation's top cancer killer...

WASHINGTON -- Victorious at the polls, congressional Republicans asserted their newfound political strength Thursday, vowing to seek a quick $100 billion in federal spending cuts and force repeated votes on repeal of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul...

The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrest do not imply guilt. Arrests...

SEDGEWICKVILLE, Mo. -- Betty Gail Sample, 64, of Sedgewickville passed away Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010, at her home. She was born Dec. 13, 1945, at Sikeston, Mo. She and David Lee Sample were married March 1, 2010. Sample was a retired supervisor with AT&T and a member of First Baptist Church of Millersville...

Buss Paar, 81, of Gilbertsville, Ky., formerly of Cape Girardeau, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010, at his daughter's home in Nashville, Tenn. He was born June 29, 1929, in Jackson, to Frederich F. and Florence Browning Paar. He and Dorothy Seabaugh were married Oct. 5, 1957, in Jackson. She preceded him in death earlier this year...

ADVANCE, Mo. -- Betty M. Lucas, 87, of Wasola, Mo., passed away Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010, at her home. She was born April 5, 1923, in Blytheville, Ark., daughter of Kenneth and Anna Belle Pike Halstead. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. today at Morgan Memorial Park in Advance. The Rev. Fred Ritter will officiate...

Laurene A. Loeffler, 84, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010, at the Lutheran Home. She was born Nov. 20, 1925, in Columbus, Ohio, to Joseph and Mary Sauer Eisel. She and John Loeffler were married 65 years ago in Columbus. They lived there more than 50 years, moving to Cape Girardeau 26 years ago. ...

Iris S. Cord, 88, of Fruitland passed away Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Feb. 6, 1922, in Greenville, Mo., daughter of James R. and Vesta P. Howard Guess. Iris attended elementary and high school in Piedmont, Mo., where she graduated in 1942. She and Robert A. Cord were married July 6, 1946, in St. Louis...

Linus Leo Glastetter, 79, of Scott City died Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born March 16, 1931, in Chaffee, Mo., son of George John and Coletta Anna Schmitt Glastetter. He and Thearl Lee Hill Moore were married Aug. 31, 1968, in Benton, Mo...

Harvey M. Brase, 93, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Gordonville, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010, at Monticello House in Jackson. He was born Feb. 13, 1917, in Gordonville, son of Albert and Tillie Hoffman Brase. He and Luella Deneke were married Nov. 21, 1944...

Aaron Moore, 81, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Nov. 1, 2010, at Southeast Hospital. Private visitation will be Saturday at Greater Dimension Ministries. Massie Funeral Home in Mounds, Ill., is in charge of arrangements.

BRAZEAU, Mo. -- Enos F. Hughey, 75, of Brazeau died Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010, at Perry Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation in Perryville, Mo. Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to service time Saturday at Young and Sons East Perry Chapel in Altenburg, Mo...

Daughter to Reba Kathryn Anderson of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Hospital, 1:01 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010. Name, Abigail Kailynn. Weight, 6 pounds, 14 ounces. Second child, first daughter. Ms. Anderson is the daughter of Sharon K. Anderson of Cape Girardeau. She is a student at Southeast Missouri State University...

The Cape Girardeau Fire Department's only aerial truck, which was out of service for a week last month, is again out of service, this time for at least two weeks; two hydraulic cylinders that operate the ladder need repairs. Purchase of Cape County Memorial Park by Walter Joe and Iris Ford from the Ted Strom family has been completed; the new owners, who also own Ford and Sons Funeral Home and Monument Co., assumed operation of the 32-acre burial park Friday...

ANNA, Ill. — Cody Bible, 29, of Anna died Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010, in Anna. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. today at Rendleman and Hileman Funeral Home in Anna, with cremation to follow.

The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission said Thursday that it had selected chief engineer Kevin Keith to lead the state Department of Transportation. Keith has been the transportation agency's interim director since this spring and has spent more than 25 years working for the department. ...

WASHINGTON -- Global stock markets rallied Thursday, embracing a move by the Federal Reserve to try to rejuvenate the U.S. economy by buying $600 billion in Treasury bonds. The Dow Jones industrial average reached its highest point in more than two years, and stocks surged from Tokyo to London...

According to the lead article in the Southeast Missourian on Oct. 29, the president of the Southeast Missouri State University student government, Katie Herring, has an economic problem. The article said, "On one side, there's the financial burden of her fellow students. On the other, the long-term interests of her university. "...

The competition is heating up for several Southeast Missouri teams. The Cape Girardeau Central High School football team beat De Soto on Wednesday for its first playoff win since 2002. Central, now at 10-1, has had a remarkable regular season and is moving on to rematch its only defeat against undefeated Sikeston, there, at 7 p.m. Monday...

I have a dream. I dream that one day we will stand together -- Republican and Democrat, conservative and independent, tea party and all the rest -- to uphold the aims on which this nation was founded. I have a dream. I dream that the two dominant political parties -- Republicans and Democrats -- will find ways to work together on issue where there is agreement. Government spending would be the best place to start...

ST. LOUIS -- Private security guards did not touch any ballots or interfere with voting at the St. Louis City Board of Elections headquarters, a Republican election commissioner said Thursday. Commissioner Carol Wilson said all three commissioners opposed the Democratic chairman's decision to hire the private firm on Election Day because the company had worked for Democrat Russ Carnahan's campaign. But she said the two guards who worked at the location did not affect the electoral process...

O God, we cast our cares on you, for you alone will sustain us. Amen.

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Bloomfield High School students reported to school Wednesday morning but were not initially allowed to report to their regular classes. Instead, the high schoolers were directed to the gymnasium where they spent the morning hours and school administration and Bloomfield police assessed damage done to the high school overnight...

The Notre Dame volleyball team will compete in the Class 3 final four today

Southeast Missouri State senior Dustin Davis has received the Ohio Valley Conference's Scholar-Athlete Award for 2009-10. Davis, a track and cross country runner for the Redhawks, was on Thursday among six athletes bestowed the highest individual honor that can be earned by OVC student-athletes...

Southeast will play the first of two exhibition games against Ouachita Baptist

Southeast lost 81-76 to hot-shooting Missouri Baptist, an NAIA school

The former Jackson linebacker has upgraded his game as a sophomore

Southeast takes an eight-game winning streak into its nonconference game

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- Albert Pujols hopes to negotiate a contract extension for beyond 2011 with the St. Louis Cardinals. St. Louis exercised a $16 million option for 2011 on Oct. 6 for the three-time NL MVP. "I hope that before the season begins I get an extension," the 30-year-old Pujols said during a news conference Thursday...

ST. LOUIS -- Joe Thornton paid a high price for what he believed was a clean check. So did the San Jose Sharks, who have trouble mustering offense these days even with their scoring leader on the ice. David Perron recovered from Thornton's elbow to the head with a goal that helped the St. Louis Blues win their sixth in a row at home to start the season in a 2-0 victory on Thursday night...

A few galleries in town would like to give you a lift. Just in time for the chilly weather, the ARound Town group of art galleries has restarted a shuttle service to take us around on First Friday. We no longer have to bother with finding parking or choose whether to drive to galleries that are farther afield or stay downtown...

MOUNDS, Ill. -- James E. Coleson, 75, of Mounds died Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Crain Funeral Home in Tamms, Ill., is in charge of arrangements.

Route W between County Road 614 and Morning Star Lane in Cape Girardeau County will be closed Wednesday while Missouri Department of Transportation crews replace a pipe under the roadway. Weather permitting, the work will take place from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The work zone will be marked with signs. Motorists are urged to use caution while traveling near the area. For more information, contact MoDOT's Customer Service Center at 888-275-6636...

Route Z between Main Avenue and County Road 709 in Stoddard County will be reduced to one lane next week while Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform routine bridge maintenance. Weather permitting, the work will take place Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily. The work zone will be marked with signs. Motorists are urged to use caution while traveling near the area. For more information, contact MoDOT's Customer Service Center at 888-275-6636...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- As if Haitians living in tents and under scraps of plastic don't have enough to grapple with as a tropical storm bears down and cholera spreads, the U.S. Congress has put up another obstacle to delivering the $1.15 billion in reconstruction money it promised back in March...

Become part of the show when "Late Nite Catechism" returns to the River Campus. Audiences loved the show so much during the first River Campus season in 2007, that Southeast Missouri State University brought it back. The show uses the audience as the class and an actress as the Sister teaching, rewarding and disciplining them. ...

Arts and entertainment briefs

Cape Girardeau County has been awarded a grant to fund harbor dredging at the Southeast Missouri Regional Port Authority for 2010. According to a news release issued Thursday by the Missouri Department of Economic Development, the county received a Community Development Block Grant grant totaling $425,000 to cover the project...

St. Paul Lutheran School Scholastic Honor Roll 5th grade: Carson Barnes 6th grade: Noah Franke, Emily Hallman, Dawson Klinkhardt, Alyssa Ogle, Katelyn Strange. 7th grade: Emelia Baer, Jack Bagley, Chloe Kasten, Elizabeth Kiefner, Grace Mirly. 8th grade: Mollie Cunningham...

Johnson, the standout of the Cubs' volleyball team, turned in a dominating performance against Leopold in the state sectional round on Saturday.

Kelly High School A Honor Roll 9th Grade: Mikayla Jackson, Kyler Laymon, Jade Rampley, Devon Romine, Kamren Smith, Ryan Smith, Trey Walker 10th Grade: Hailey Alley, Taylor Anderson, Jeannie Campbell, Nathaniel Chandler, Rachel Drews, Brent Forck, Michaela Gean, Matthew Glaus, Aaron Grainer, Destinee Hendershott, Katie Koonce, Zachary McCormick, Adisynne Neumeyer, Matthew Proctor, Malori Scheffer, Jessica Schmidt, Scott Stonecipher, Amy Tew, Jessica Worth...

The Scott City boys cross country program is a perfect two for two. The program only has been in existence for two seasons and the Rams have qualified for the Class 2 state meet as a team both years. Scott City advanced to the state meet last season, finishing second in districts on a sixth man tie-breaker. This year the Rams took second outright...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Southeast Missouri Sen. Rob Mayer emerged the victor Thursday in a Republican leadership shake-up that revealed divisions in the chamber's largest GOP majority since at least the Civil War era.

With 50 days until Christmas, local retailers are ready for holiday shoppers. "I think everybody is still cautious but hopeful," said Cape Girardeau J.C. Penney store manager Sarah Grigaitis. The National Retail Federation recently forecast a 2.3 percent increase in holiday retail sales this year. But companies are still paying close attention to unemployment rates and consumer confidence...

Notre Dame won two events and finished second with 437 points at the Show-Me Conference swim meet Thursday at Central Municipal Pool. The Bulldogs finished first in the 200 medley relay, breaking the meet record, and the 200 freestyle relay. Notre Dame, which finished 24 points behind conference champion John Burroughs, also collected five second-place finishes. Jackson (268) placed fourth, followed by Central (229) and Saxony Lutheran (38)...