Stories from Monday, September 26, 2011

The 20th Qulin Homecoming will be held Saturday in the Qulin Lions Club Park. Booth space is available. Vendors will be responsible for their own setup and all booths will be outdoors. Contact Otto Griffin at 573-328-1204 for information on food booths and Karon Campbell at 573-328-4058 for craft booths...

A 26-year-old Doniphan, Mo., died early Sunday morning after he was struck by a vehicle on Business 67 at Linwood Drive near Westwood Hills Country Club. According to the report, at about 12:20 a.m., Billy J. Barnett, 29, of Doniphan was southbound in a 2003 Pontiac when it struck Jeffrey A. Harp, who was in the roadway...

By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor City and county officials are hopeful keeping ditches and culverts cleaned out in the natural drainage flow will prevent or reduce future flooding in the Poplar Bluff Industrial Park. "I will do everything I can to help you," Butler County Presiding Commissioner Ed Strenfel told a group of County Road 314 residents Friday...

From Staff Reports At least 175 riders rounded up $17,220 Saturday at the Cardiac Cowboys 23rd annual Trail Ride for Haven House. The event was hosted by Ted and Cindy Evans to benefit the local domestic violence shelter. The funds will be used to provide shelter and services for battered women and their children...

The 20th Qulin Homecoming will be held Saturday in the Qulin Lions Club Park. Booth space is available. Vendors will be responsible for their own setup and all booths will be outdoors. Contact Otto Griffin at 573-328-1204 for information on food booths and Karon Campbell at 573-328-4058 for craft booths...

By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor City and county officials are hopeful keeping ditches and culverts cleaned out in the natural drainage flow will prevent or reduce future flooding in the Poplar Bluff Industrial Park. "I will do everything I can to help you," Butler County Presiding Commissioner Ed Strenfel told a group of County Road 314 residents Friday...

From Staff Reports At least 175 riders rounded up $17,220 Saturday at the Cardiac Cowboys 23rd annual Trail Ride for Haven House. The event was hosted by Ted and Cindy Evans to benefit the local domestic violence shelter. The funds will be used to provide shelter and services for battered women and their children...

JONESBORO, Ark. -- The Dexter Lady Bearcats won the Arkansas State University Playday volleyball tournment in the Bronze bracket on Saturday while the Bernie Lady Mules never dropped a single game as they went on to win the Gold bracket out of the Scarlet Division...

By GEORGE F. WILL PHOENIX -- Cindy Vong is a tiny woman with a problem as big as the government that is causing it. She wants to provide a service that will enable customers "to brighten up their days." Having fish nibble your feet may not be your idea of fun, but lots of people around the world enjoy it, and so did some Arizonans until their bossy government butted in, in the service of a cartel. ...

O'Neal School traffic crazy I just want to say I agree with whoever has been calling about the O'Neal school. I live there in that neighborhood and it is pitiful. You have to be out of your house by one o'clock in the afternoon if you want to go somewhere and you can't get back to your house until around 4:30 p.m. It's just crazy. I want to know why I'm paying out money for school buses and they don't use 'em over there. It's the silliest thing you ever seen and it don't never change. Thank you...

By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN In June 1967, with ex-Vice President Richard Nixon, this writer toured an Israeli military hospital full of wounded Egyptian soldiers. An Israeli officer told us that in the hospital was an Egyptian officer he had captured in the 1956 Sinai campaign, and that he had asked the Egyptian: "We have fought three times now, and three times you have been defeated. Why do you keep fighting us?"...

The Qulin Homecoming Beauty Pageant will begin at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30, in the Qulin Middle School. Once the first pageant starts, it will run consecutively with crowning after each division. The age divisions are: 1-12 months; 13-23 months; 2-3 years; 4-5 years; 6-8 years; 9-11 years; 12-15 years; 16 and up...

The Wayne County Saddle Club Horse Show will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8 at the Hal McLane Arena, Piedmont, Mo. Gate Fee, $2. Children 12 and under free. Class entry fee is $3. Sign up begins at 4 p.m. Trophies and ribbons will be awarded. There will be 26 classes: Open weanling/yearling halter (QH type), Open weanling/yearling halter (Gaited), Youth Showmanship Halter (16 & under), Open halter (QH type), Open halter (Gaited), Led line (6 & under), Ladies western pleasure, Men's Foxtrot, Ladies Gaited, Youth Walk Trot (16 & under), Training barrels, Youth barrels (16 & under), Open barrels, Youth poles (16 & under), Open poles, Youth western pleasure (16 & under), Ladies foxtrot, Men's western pleasure, Youth gaited, Open walk/trot, Men's gaited pleasure, Open foxtrot, Open western pleasure, Open gaited, Fast gaited and Saddle club members only.. ...

More than $6.5 million in prizes of $1,000 or more were awarded to Missouri Lottery players during August. Local winners of $1,000 or more include: $100,000 Scratchers winners: Rachel Thompson, Poplar Bluff $10,000 Scratchers winners: Carol Lemons, Essex...

The Qulin community is organizing a Thanksgiving Day Dinner from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 24, at the Qulin Community Building. Volunteers are inviting anyone who would like to attend or would like to help with the day's celebration. Donations and volunteers needed include cooks, servers, delivery to shut-ins, clean-up, prep crew - (day before) and wrappers/packers for meals for shut-ins...

The First Missouri Muscle M.M.C.A. Classic Car Show and Swap Meet will be held Saturday, Oct. 8 on the Black River Coliseum Parking lot across Fifth Street. The show is sponsored by Missouri Muscle Car Association -- M.M.C.A. The association hopes to make the show and swap meet an annual event...

Carl Hinkle NEEYLVILLE, Mo. -- Carl Franklin Hinkle, 69, of Naylor, Mo., died Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011, at his home. Mr. Hinkle was born May 7, 1942, in Neelyville, Mo. Formerly of Rockford, Ill., he had lived in Ripley County for several years. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, spending time with his grandchildren and working on automobiles. He was a member of West Point United Pentecostal Church of Doniphan, Mo...

Evelyn Kelley ELLSINORE, Mo. -- Evelyn M. Kelley, 85, of Ellsinore, Mo., died Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Kelley was born Dec. 13, 1925, in Ellsinore. She was a lifetime resident of Ellsinore, where she owned and operated the Coffee Shop and was known for making the best hamburgers. ...

Francis Pennington Francis May Pennington, 70, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011, at her residence. Mrs. Pennington was born May 11, 1941 in Potosi, Mo., and was a graduate of North County High School in Desloge, Mo. She was a member of Third Baptist Church, and had previously worked at Smiley Container Factory and the Russell Stover Store. Mrs. Pennington enjoyed spending time with her grandsons, gardening and working crossword puzzles...

Geneva Boly FLORISSANT, Mo. -- Geneva V. Boly, 79, of the St. Louis, Mo., area, died Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011. Mrs. Boly is formerly of the Butler County, Mo., area. She is survived by her sister, Lillian B. Boly of St. Louis. She was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph and Pearl Boly; and two sisters, Roberta Womack and Evelyn Thomas...

Louis Meriwether CAMPBELL, Mo. -- Louis Rivers Meriwether, 84, of Holcomb, Mo., died on Friday, Sept. 23, 2011, at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro, Ark. Mr. Meriwether was born on Feb. 5, 1927, in Rector, Ark. He was a retired salesman for Hendrix Supply Company and a member of the Maple Grove General Baptist Church in Holcomb. A U.S. Army veteran, he served during World War II...

Water District 1 board will meet The Butler County Public Water Supply District No. 1 will have a board meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the district office. Agenda items include health insurance renewal, Village Car Wash bill, project updates, 12-inch line extension and the hospital site on Oak Grove Road...

Willie Vieth FISK, Mo. -- Willie Vieth, 97, of Bernie, Mo., died Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011, at Golden Living Center in Malden, Mo. Funeral arrangements are pending with White-Sanders Funeral Home in Fisk, Mo.

Mercedes Currie Mercedes Currie, 66, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are pending with Fowler-Sullivan Funeral Home in Poplar Bluff.

Mary Simon PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Mary Ann Simon, 70, of Piedmont, Mo., died Friday, Sept. 23, 2011, in Piedmont. Funeral arrangements are pending with Ruegg Funeral Home of Piedmont.

Power outage near Wappapello WAPPAPELLO, Mo. -- A power outage during the thunderstorm early Sunday affected 152 Ozark Border Electric Cooperative customers. General Manager Stanley Estes said a diseased tree fell over a single phase tap line, causing a pole to break in an area near the intersection of Routes T and KK that was difficult to access. Then, the top was broken out of another pole with a three-phase line...

JONESBORO, Ark. -- The Dexter Lady Bearcats won the Arkansas State University Playday volleyball tournment in the Bronze bracket on Saturday while the Bernie Lady Mules never dropped a single game as they went on to win the Gold bracket out of the Scarlet Division...

Water District 1 board will meet The Butler County Public Water Supply District No. 1 will have a board meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the district office. Agenda items include health insurance renewal, Village Car Wash bill, project updates, 12-inch line extension and the hospital site on Oak Grove Road...

Mary Simon PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Mary Ann Simon, 70, of Piedmont, Mo., died Friday, Sept. 23, 2011, in Piedmont. Funeral arrangements are pending with Ruegg Funeral Home of Piedmont.

Louis Meriwether CAMPBELL, Mo. -- Louis Rivers Meriwether, 84, of Holcomb, Mo., died on Friday, Sept. 23, 2011, at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro, Ark. Mr. Meriwether was born on Feb. 5, 1927, in Rector, Ark. He was a retired salesman for Hendrix Supply Company and a member of the Maple Grove General Baptist Church in Holcomb. A U.S. Army veteran, he served during World War II...

Geneva Boly FLORISSANT, Mo. -- Geneva V. Boly, 79, of the St. Louis, Mo., area, died Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011. Mrs. Boly is formerly of the Butler County, Mo., area. She is survived by her sister, Lillian B. Boly of St. Louis. She was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph and Pearl Boly; and two sisters, Roberta Womack and Evelyn Thomas...

Francis Pennington Francis May Pennington, 70, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011, at her residence. Mrs. Pennington was born May 11, 1941 in Potosi, Mo., and was a graduate of North County High School in Desloge, Mo. She was a member of Third Baptist Church, and had previously worked at Smiley Container Factory and the Russell Stover Store. Mrs. Pennington enjoyed spending time with her grandsons, gardening and working crossword puzzles...

Evelyn Kelley ELLSINORE, Mo. -- Evelyn M. Kelley, 85, of Ellsinore, Mo., died Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Kelley was born Dec. 13, 1925, in Ellsinore. She was a lifetime resident of Ellsinore, where she owned and operated the Coffee Shop and was known for making the best hamburgers. ...

Carl Hinkle NEEYLVILLE, Mo. -- Carl Franklin Hinkle, 69, of Naylor, Mo., died Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011, at his home. Mr. Hinkle was born May 7, 1942, in Neelyville, Mo. Formerly of Rockford, Ill., he had lived in Ripley County for several years. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, spending time with his grandchildren and working on automobiles. He was a member of West Point United Pentecostal Church of Doniphan, Mo...

The Wayne County Saddle Club Horse Show will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8 at the Hal McLane Arena, Piedmont, Mo. Gate Fee, $2. Children 12 and under free. Class entry fee is $3. Sign up begins at 4 p.m. Trophies and ribbons will be awarded. There will be 26 classes: Open weanling/yearling halter (QH type), Open weanling/yearling halter (Gaited), Youth Showmanship Halter (16 & under), Open halter (QH type), Open halter (Gaited), Led line (6 & under), Ladies western pleasure, Men's Foxtrot, Ladies Gaited, Youth Walk Trot (16 & under), Training barrels, Youth barrels (16 & under), Open barrels, Youth poles (16 & under), Open poles, Youth western pleasure (16 & under), Ladies foxtrot, Men's western pleasure, Youth gaited, Open walk/trot, Men's gaited pleasure, Open foxtrot, Open western pleasure, Open gaited, Fast gaited and Saddle club members only.. ...

By GEORGE F. WILL PHOENIX -- Cindy Vong is a tiny woman with a problem as big as the government that is causing it. She wants to provide a service that will enable customers "to brighten up their days." Having fish nibble your feet may not be your idea of fun, but lots of people around the world enjoy it, and so did some Arizonans until their bossy government butted in, in the service of a cartel. ...

Power outage near Wappapello WAPPAPELLO, Mo. -- A power outage during the thunderstorm early Sunday affected 152 Ozark Border Electric Cooperative customers. General Manager Stanley Estes said a diseased tree fell over a single phase tap line, causing a pole to break in an area near the intersection of Routes T and KK that was difficult to access. Then, the top was broken out of another pole with a three-phase line...