Stories from Sunday, April 12, 2015

Aaron Robinson Cape Girardeau Show Me Center operations As a child, what was your favorite TV show? My favorite show was "Gunsmoke." Matt Dillon always seemed to be pretty honest and fair, and the show always ended well. My family watched it together...

WASHINGTON -- Hillary Rodham Clinton jumped back into presidential politics on Sunday, announcing her much-awaited second campaign for the White House. "Everyday Americans need a champion. I want to be that champion," she said. As she did in 2007, Clinton began her campaign for the 2016 Democratic nomination with a video. ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- An appeals court ruled Friday that Missouri can't limit health insurance navigators' ability to help people obtain insurance under President Barack Obama's health-care law -- a ruling that advocates say could have implications for other states that have instituted similar restrictions...

Gerald McDougall, associate provost for Extended Learning, dean of the Harrison College of Business and executive director of the Missouri Innovation Corporation at Southeast Missouri State University, has been named interim provost and chief academic officer for the university, effective June 1...

FARMINGTON, Mo. -- No signs of foul play were found during a Thursday autopsy of a Doniphan, Missouri, man whose body was recovered in a drainage ditch near where his truck and dog were found. The preliminary ruling of Dr. Russell Deidiker, who completed the autopsy of Jamie Ferrill at Mineral Area Regional Medical Center at Farmington, and that of the Butler County Coroner's Office, are the same, said Coroner Jim Akers, who indicated this "appeared to be a drowning death."...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- The jury trial for Herbert Miller has been tentatively set for October. That is, if the court can find the right jury. Miller, Perry County coroner since 1995, was a prominent member of the community before being charged in January 2014 with one count each of theft and financial exploitation of the elderly...

SIKESTON, Mo. -- One of the biggest businesses to choose Sikeston as a location soon will grow even bigger. Company executives from Orgill Inc., the world's largest independent distributor of home improvement products, were joined Friday by local leaders and Gov. Jay Nixon to announce plans to expand the Sikeston facility by more than 250,000 square feet...

The Cape Girardeau County Clerk's office on Friday certified voters' passage of a use tax planned to go toward new court facilities. County Clerk Kara Clark Summers said a random check of ballots in two of the county's 30 precincts -- which is standard certification procedure -- yielded one additional "yes" vote for the tax, which Tuesday passed by 12 votes with 3,532 in favor and 3,520 against...

Meet Hannah. Perhaps you've seen her in her mild-mannered alter-ego form around town; maybe she's even served you your coffee before. But when the time is right, like it will be next weekend at Cape Girardeau's 10th annual Comic Con at the Osage Centre, Bobeen and others like her show a different, more super side of themselves...

The Arts Council of Southeast Missouri unveiled seven new sculptures along Broadway in Cape Girardeau at a downtown ceremony Friday evening. Mayor Harry Rediger, members of the Arts Council and several of the artists mingled with residents in the Vasterling Suites courtyard to discuss this year's pieces. Rediger said that since last year's inaugural sculpture project received such positive reviews, the community is thrilled to unveil the works...

Cheers could be heard Saturday throughout the Southeast Missouri State University Recreation Center--North as friends, family and volunteers cheered on Special Olympics athletes. About 350 athletes from across the state came together for the spring games, and spring games director Penny Williams said she couldn't be happier with the turnout...

A divided Cape Girardeau City Council chose in recent meetings to move forward on implementing an employee pay study, promising it would continue to consider any questions or concerns. Discussions at the annual council retreat Friday showed efforts have been made to live up to that promise...

Lloyd's junior season ended abruptly when he fractured his leg during a game against Tennessee Tech on Nov. 8. Now he's trying to return to health and his team.

If you're like me, perhaps the only thing you found more surprising this year than how quickly Easter Sunday came around was how quickly it was over. Happily, however, you can celebrate Easter once again today if you wish. That's because today, for the nearly 300 million adherents of the Eastern Orthodox church, well over a million here in this country, whose religious observances are dictated by the Julian, not the Gregorian calendar, today is Easter Sunday...

As education majors prepare to earn their teaching certifications, some students are frustrated with a switch in exit exams that was implemented by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education in the fall. In September, the Praxis II exam was replaced with the Missouri Content Assessment, taken by education students to earn a certificate that makes them eligible to teach...

While a lot of people would disagree, New Madrid County Central basketball player Willie Jimerson didn't think he performed well during his junior season. He averaged more than 20 points and five rebounds a game, but the important numbers to him were 12 and 10 -- as in his team's 12 wins and 10 losses...

Today is Sunday, April 12, the 102nd day of 2015. There are 263 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 12, 1945, President Franklin D. Roosevelt died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Warm Springs, Georgia, at age 63; he was succeeded by Vice President Harry S. Truman...

Skippy is a 9 month old Australian Shepherd mix.

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Doug and Linda Bobe of Camdenton, Missouri, announce the engagement of their daughter, Kaitlyn Elizabeth Bobe, to Walker Thornton Rice, both of St. Louis. He is the son of Howell and Katherine Rice of Chaffee. Kaitlyn is a 2009 graduate of Camdenton High School. She received a bachelor of science degree in business management, marketing management from Southeast Missouri State University in 2013. She is inside sales and account manager at Universal Air Filter...

A Honor Roll 4th grade: Omar Alsmadi, Zayden Amick, Kalee Armstrong, Zach Borowiak, Sydney Britt, Brady Brune, Sam Cairns,Lindsey Caldwell, Eann Gardner, Megan Maxton, Hikmat Roumany, Landon Southard, Jeremiah Todd, Ava Vogelsang. 3rd grade: Kayden Alford, Brennan Beard, Truman Clubb, Johnny Crouch, Emilie Dickson, Brooke Huggins, Hattie Judkins, Anne McDougal, Edyn McAllister, Madison Phelps, Michael Pyles, Anshula Vanteddu, Natalie Voshage, Torrence Williams...

Kelly High School honor roll A Honor Roll 12th grade: Evan Abernathy, Savannah Ashley, Shelby Beggs, Kristi Brucker, Haley Cureton, Carolyn Donaldson, Lee-Ellen Feezor, Clayton Garrett, Tiffany Gibson, Shaina Grigery, Joseph Gulledge, Nathan Haney, Kayla Hill, Tyler Holt, Dalton Huffman, Logan Ivie, Kacey Johnson, Cody Jones, Aleisha Kelley, Taylor Lasater, Seth Perdue, Isaac Ratledge, Samantha Ratledge, Shanda Reed, Jacob Riley, Austin Roth, McKenzie Roth, Ashley Scheffer, Kaylee Scherer, Josie Stark, Paige Still, Lydia Tackett, Whitney Watkins, Zachary Weiny, Stephanie Worth.. ...

Clippard Elementary School A Honor Roll 3rd grade: Pierce Bisher, Cody Brennecke, Jolie Chaney, Evangel Cutrell, Celeste Gutierrez, Grant Harkins, Jazmyn Hao, Kelton Horrell, Markell Jones, Lauren Ludolph, Katie Neikirk, Emma Popp, Harley Radi, Addison Ringwald, Linda Rodriguez, Phoenix Schmidt, Alexis Skinner, Zoe Tackett, Jaylynn Terry, Bryce Williams, Tyson Williams, Gavin Winkler, Caleb Wolfe, Yan Zhang...

Kelly Middle School honor roll Kelly Middle School A Honor Roll 6th grade: Mollie Bartlett, Gunnar Brashear, Kate Hughes, Ashley Parker, Joseph Romano. 7th grade: Matthew Agin, Matthew Blunt, Samantha Coffee, Haley Dodd, Timothy Hooper, Noah Hupp, Kelly Ivy, Mason Laymon, Kaitlynn Masterson, Jacob Ott, Christian Williams...

While strolling, I wondered whatever happened to Mary Catherine Schlitt. Happy birthday to Kori Grossheider, Kirk Hemingway, Tom Cunningham, Gary Hester, Elizabeth Hartman, Kevin Dudley, Sherrin Rains, Lindsay Phillips, Daniel Pepple, Janet James, Diane Curry, David Little, Terry Boese, Mark McKinley, Layton Tenkhoff, Anna Schmitt, Andy Proffer, Gladys Eifert, Mary Snider, Zachary Wachter, Debbie Mirly, Richard Hinkebein, Angela Rehm, Mary Hagan, Patsy Tenkhoff, Shannon Dannenmueller, Ann Ingram, Kim Shell, Delores Wilburn, Roberta Grojean, Steve Whitaker, Jeff Dacus, Tammy Eifert, Paul Keller, Florence McBride, Shirley Tomlinson, Betty Walton, Robbie Coomer, Jennifer Vandeven, Celeste Shields, Joann Hess, Georgia Smith and Gretchen Davie.. ...

Here in Greece we're celebrating Easter a week later, in solidarity with the Greek Orthodox Church, so I've been thinking lately about the events leading up to Jesus' Passion. I have always been drawn to the Last Supper scene in John's Gospel. I love hearing John's account of Jesus' words, to get to hear Jesus pray for his disciples and for me. ...

Where are the churches? Where are the pastors? I have a feeling this column could cost me some readers. Hope not. I'm persuaded the time has come for a little pushback. Lately, I've spent a fair amount of time in the car, traveling to St. Louis, Jefferson City and Columbia. Music doesn't keep me alert so talk radio keeps me going on long stretches of highway...

The Scott City Women's Club awarded a $500 scholarship to Kelly Ashworth, the daughter of Morret and Gail Ashworth of Scott City.

Jackson FFA received a $2,500 donation from Cape Girardeau County farmer John Wessel and America's Farmers Grow Communities, sponsored by the Monsanto Fund, according to a news release from the fund. The donation will help the organization educate students about different types of agriculture and different cultures. Some participating Jackson FFA members will travel to other parts of the country to learn about other types of agriculture...

The James V. Parker Theatre and Dance Scholarship has been established through the Southeast Missouri University Foundation. Dr. Kenn Stilson and Rhonda Weller-Stilson made a gift to establish the scholarship in Parker's name. Their gift was matched through the faculty/staff component of the Honoring Tradition -- Inspiring Success Comprehensive Campaign through the foundation. ...

The American Red Cross has scheduled several blood donation opportunities in the area. Donors with all blood types are needed, especially those with types O negative, A negative and B negative. Cape Girardeau n April 22: 8 a.m. to noon, Metro Business College, 1732 North Kingshighway...

The Lamplighters FCE Club met March 19 at New Salem Methodist Church in Daisy. Members tacked and machine-quilted five quilts and made chair covers until the noon meal. Jackie Kurre, hostess, provided the meal. The meeting was called to order at 1 p.m...

Master Mix is an idea that has been around many years. When I was a teen-ager in 4-H we used a master mix for cookies and baking. Not much has changed from the original recipe, but the ingredients added to the mix to make cookies and baked items have changed drastically...

As you look at the trees along the roadside or out your back door, if you are lucky, you should be able to see a number of trees that are beginning to bloom. When the dogwoods or plum bushes are blooming, the crappie are biting or will be biting. One indicator for us is our Manchurian Bush Apricots, which are blooming about right now...

This image shows a barred owl's typical daytime resting place -- on a small limb in the shadow of a large limb. Have you ever heard someone say, "I heard a hoot owl last night just outside my window?" Well, the barred owl is most likely the owl they heard. It is our most noisy owl...

Watching the homestead, where generations of family were raised, burn to the ground just months after totaling a car, might test anyone's faith, but that was not the case for Wain and Sheila Kirkpatrick, aka "Sheila K," on air at KMHM radio, where she is the morning disc jockey...

Employees of the Southeast Missourian have had a front-seat view of the revitalization of downtown during the past several years. We've seen the landscape of Broadway change; we've watched as several empty buildings have sprung to life with new business. ...

If you want to get a broad political, economic and international view on issues, I recommend (among others) the Drudge report, Huffington Post, realclearpolitics.com, lucianne.com and johncombest.com. It is interesting the different angles of news coverage on the same subject...

Chelsea Drum was on a roll, and so was the Jackson girls track team. Drum had three first-place finishes in four events to lead the Indians to a victory in the Jackson Invitational held Saturday at the Jackson Junior High School sports complex. Drum, a senior, won both the 800- and 1600-meter runs, and anchored the Indians' winning 4x800-meter relay squad on her way to being named the meet's Outstanding Track Athlete...

The Southeast Missouri State softball team was handed a pair of walk-off losses on Saturday. Murray State (24-14, 11-5 OVC) scored the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning in both games of an Ohio Valley Conference doubleheader in Murray, Kentucky...

All scores were reported to the Southeast Missourian on Friday.

CINCINNATI -- Matt Adams' first hit sent the Cincinnati Reds to their first loss. The St. Louis first baseman snapped a hitless start to the season at 10 at-bats with a leadoff homer in the fourth inning, lifting the Cardinals to a 4-1 victory Saturday that ended the Reds' winning streak at four...

The Eastern Illinois baseball team came from behind in the seventh inning and defeated Ohio Valley Conference leader Southeast Missouri State on Saturday afternoon in Charleston, Illinois, to claim just its second conference win of the year. The Panthers (3-25, 2-12 OVC) overtook the Redhawks with a five-run seventh en route to a 9-5 win in Game 2 of the weekend series...

CINCINNATI -- The Cardinals couldn't stop Cincinnati's hottest hitter or its fastest player. Joey Votto had a pair of two-run homers -- the strongest indication yet that he's fully back in form -- and Billy Hamilton slid home on Todd Frazier's tiebreaking sacrifice fly on Friday night, keeping the Cincinnati Reds unbeaten with a 5-4 victory...

ST. LOUIS -- Vladimir Tarasenko and Alexander Steen looked as if they're ready for the playoffs. The pair had a lot to do with the St. Louis Blues finishing the regular season strong. "This is the team we want to take on the journey," coach Ken Hitchcock said after a 4-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday...

WASHINGTON -- A necessary burden for most Americans, Tax Day is an accounting nightmare for thousands of gay and lesbian couples as they wrestle with the uneven legal status of same-sex marriage in the United States. They live in a country that recognizes their marriages, but some reside in the 13 states that do not, an issue that will be argued before the Supreme Court later this month...

PANAMA CITY -- Climate change. Peace in Colombia. Argentina's longstanding claim of sovereignty over the Falkland Islands. Heads of state representing lands from Tierra del Fuego to the North American tundra pressed their concerns in a marathon session at a Panama City convention center as the seventh Summit of the Americas wrapped up Saturday...

DHAKA, Bangladesh -- Authorities in Bangladesh on Saturday executed a senior Islamist party official convicted of crimes against humanity during the country's 1971 independence war against Pakistan, triggering a call for a nationwide general strike by the condemned man's supporters...

BANGKOK -- A car bomb explosion that slightly injured seven people on the popular resort island of Samui in southern Thailand may be linked to the country's political turmoil, a spokesman for the military government said Saturday. Initial reports indicated that the attack late Friday was carried out by the same group behind recent blasts in Thailand's capital that caused no fatalities, said Maj. ...

FRESNO, Calif. -- As California struggles with a devastating drought, huge amounts of water are mysteriously vanishing from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta -- and the prime suspects are farmers whose families have tilled fertile soil there for generations...

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. -- Ten sheriff's deputies in Southern California have been put on leave after several of them were shown on video kicking and punching a man following a 2 1/2-hour chase involving a stolen horse. San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon said Friday that the video "disturbed and troubled" him and appeared to show an excessive use of force...

FAIRDALE, Ill. -- Residents of a small northern Illinois farming community that took a direct hit from a half-mile-wide tornado were allowed back into the area Saturday to assess damage and salvage what they could. The DeKalb County Sheriff's Office bused residents into Fairdale at 7 a.m. so they could begin to take stock of what was left of their property. Seeing the wreckage up close for the first time since Thursday's storms left some amazed that they survived...

SUMMERVILLE, S.C. -- The death of a black man shot in the back while fleeing a white police officer was the act of a racist cop, a minister told hundreds who gathered Saturday for the funeral of Walter Scott. "All of us have seen the video," the Rev. ...

The census count in the Southeast Missouri district is moving along at a good pace, with about 50 percent of the forms having been returned in some areas of the 27-county district; a total of 260,000 census forms have been placed in households in this district...

Horace C. Walters, 95, passed away Friday, April 10, 2015, at the home of his daughter and son-in-law, Dr. and Mrs. James T. Hall, in Cape Girardeau. He was born Dec. 14, 1919, in Blytheville, Arkansas, son of Retha Jarratt and Joseph Whithorn Walters...

Robert Teich, 73, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, April 11, 2015, at Southeast Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Crain Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. To leave online condolences, visit crainsonline.com...

ADVANCE, Mo. -- Barbara Jo Scowden Shell, 70, of Advance passed away Thursday, April 9, 2015, at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born Jan. 8, 1945, at Sturdivant, Missouri, daughter of Oren and Annie Simmers Scowden. Barbara was the baby sister to Margaret White, Lloyd Harris, Donald Scowden, Dwane (Shirley) Scowden, Dwight Scowden, Shirley (Gary) McCullough and Rachel (Kenneth) Carlton, and big sister to Bobby (Teresa) Scowden...

Carlos W. Nation, 72, of Sikeston, Missouri, formerly of Scott City, died Friday, April 10, 2015, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born July 17, 1942, in Illmo, to John Louis and Lilly Florence Blankenship Nation. Survivors include four brothers, Paul Nation of Scott City and Gene Nation, Richard Nation and John Nation of Chaffee; a sister, Judy Enderle of Chaffee; and numerous nieces and nephews...

Hazel Leona Kurre, 93, of Jackson passed away Friday, April 10, 2015, at Chateau Girardeau Nursing Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Oct. 4, 1921, in Sedgewickville, Missouri, daughter of Burette and Cora Lively Limbaugh. She and E.P. "Pug" Kurre were married April 26, 1940...

Tom Knupp, 66, of Scott City died Saturday, April 11, 2015, at the Chaffee Nursing Center. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.

Thomas L. "Tom" Kaminskey, 80, of Jackson passed away Friday, April 10, 2015, at Jackson Manor Nursing Home. Tom suffered several years from Parkinson's disease and resided the past year at Jackson Manor. He was born Aug. 16, 1934, in Jackson to Alvin and Clara Diamond Kaminskey. He and Shirley Seabaugh were married Sept. 5, 1959, in Sedgewickville, Missouri...

Michael D. Jackson, 54, of Cape Girardeau went to be with the Lord on Thursday, April 9, 2015, at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born Dec. 6, 1960, in Gainesville, Georgia, to Dean and Judith Ingram Jackson. He leaves behind his loving wife of 32 years, Cynthia...

OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Amy E. Dover, 33, of Olive Branch died Wednesday, April 8, 2015, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Crain Funeral Home in Tamms, Illinois. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the funeral home. Interment will be in Valley Mission...

TAMMS, Ill. -- Steven W. Dixon, 59, of Tamms died Saturday, April 11, 2015, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at Crain Funeral Home in Tamms. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. at the funeral home, with Pastor Dee Armes officiating...

Jerry Brey, 74, of Cape Girardeau, passed away Friday, April 10, 2015, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Dec. 3, 1940, in Cairo, Illinois, to the late Milton and Loretto Brankel Brey. Jerry was a parishioner at Old St. Vincent Catholic Church in Cape Girardeau. During his career, he worked more than 36 years as a sales manager for Luxco of St. Louis. He also served on various boards over the years, including First Tee, Parks and Recreation and the Cape Girardeau Country Club...

Wallace H. "Wally" Barrows, 86, of Cape Girardeau, passed away unexpectedly Friday, April 10, 2015, at his home. Born on Nov. 21, 1928, in Chicago, he was the son of the late Howard Mills and Juanita Hazel Robertson Barrows of De Soto, Missouri. Wally was a loving and devoted husband, father and grandfather...

CLEVELAND -- A 47-year-old Ohio man has been charged with robbing a suburban Cleveland bank -- the same bank he pleaded guilty to robbing in 1999 and for which he served a prison sentence of nearly six years. Larry Hewitt of Garfield Heights and his alleged accomplice, 33-year-old Marcus Wright of Cleveland, were indicted in federal court Wednesday for robbing an Ohio Savings Bank branch in November of $6,240. They were arrested in December by members of a federal fugitive task force...

The Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. n Gene C. Summers, 36, of Dutchtown was arrested on Cape Girardeau County warrants for driving while intoxicated, no financial responsibility and careless and imprudent driving, and failure to appear for driving while revoked and no financial responsibility, and Scott County warrants for failure to appear for possession of marijuana and possession of controlled substance...

As a Republican, I'm beginning to become a little frustrated with the tea party's position of saying "no" to everything. I think it is time for them to introduce constructive legislation that the chamber can endorse or a strong third party. I just wanted to comment on the blog regarding SEMO basketball. I hope that the staff is smart enough to hire Anthony Beane from SIU. I saw where he apparently has applied for the position...

In the midst of the Ferguson unrest last summer, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon was noticeably absent. The silence was interrupted by a seemingly vanilla response to the rioting. The governor (assuming it wasn't a staffer assigned to do it) sent out a tweet:...

Gary Eldon Slaubaugh, 70, of Cape Girardeau passed away Saturday, April 4, 2015, at his home. He was born Aug. 9, 1944, in Washington, Indiana, son of Benjamin C. and Beatrice Norris Slaubaugh. He and Janice Rix were married June 3, 1994, in St. Lucia, British West Indies...

Wednesday marks 150 years since the death of President Abraham Lincoln. Historic sites, museums and communities around the country are hosting exhibits, performances and events to mark the anniversary. Here are details on a few. Lincoln was shot April 14, 1865, while attending a play at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. ...

O Lord, bless our leaders and give them wisdom that can only be attained through you. Amen.

All scores were reported to the Southeast Missourian on Saturday.