Stories from Wednesday, October 12, 2011

By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor The Missouri Department of Transportation will have an open-house public hearing from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in City Hall to discuss improvements to Oak Grove Road. MoDOT's portion of the project will include construction of an interchange to provide full access between Bypass 67 and Oak Grove Road, as well as geometric and traffic signal improvements at the intersection of Oak Grove Road and Westwood Boulevard. ...

By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer Stupid. Lazy. Damaged. Unwanted. Unloved. -- The women who come to Haven House seeking shelter from domestic violence often carry little with them except the scars of emotional abuse that linger long after their physical wounds heal...

Local baseball players Josh King and Kameron Misner recently got the opportunity to be around great competition and took full advantage. The duo recently attended a USA Baseball clinic in Cary, N.C. with King trying out for the 17-under national team and Misner trying out for the 14-under national team. There were a total of 250 players in King's group and 176 in Misner's group and although neither player made the final cut, it was a great experience, King said...

PIEDMONT -- Self-admittedly, the Clearwater volleyball team didn't play a very good match Tuesday night. But when the Lady Tigers needed to, they got the job done over Twin Rivers. Clearwater got down in each game against the Lady Royals but had enough in them to earn its 20th win of the season with a 25-18, 25-21 sweep...

ADVANCE -- The No. 2-seeded Dexter Lady Bearcats made easy work of Woodland in the first game on Tuesday night in the Stoddard County Activities Association tournament and held on tightly in the second game with a 25-8, 27-25 win. Dexter will square off with No. 3 Bernie in the semifinals at 8 p.m. Thursday night at Advance High School...

The Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team made strides during coach Dickey Nutt's second season. Nutt expects even more progress in year three of his rebuilding project, thanks to what he believes is his most talented roster since he took over the floundering program...

The Broseley Homecoming will kick off Saturday with a parade beginning at 9:30 a.m. Lineup for parade will begin at 9 a.m. at the high school. Breakfast will be served from 7-9 a.m. at the Senior Citizens Center. Cost of the meal is $5 for all you can eat...

By JOHN WILLEY Staff Writer Everyone is talking about the economy and who has the best solution to solve the problem. One local couple has come up with their solution. They sell second hand antiques in their new business -- Country Bumpkins. The flea market -- antique mall business is owned and operated by Quintin and Tammy Marler and is located in the best place possible -- right next to their competition...

By MELISSA MILLER SEMO News Service CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- An international call center company is considering Cape Girardeau as a location for a new 500-person operation. Local economic development officials are keeping the identity of the company confidential, for now...

By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Observing the correlation of forces in this city and the intensity of conviction in the base of each party, the outcome of the ongoing fiscal fight between Barack Obama and the Tea Party Republicans seems preordained...

By MONA CHAREN Two new sets of Republicans are feeling deflated today -- the Chris Christie hopefuls and the Sarah Palin stalwarts. The Christie decision didn't surprise me, perhaps because I grew up in Jersey. In fact, Christie and I attended the same high school! Anyway, Jerseyans are many things (not all of them nice), but slick dissemblers we are not. ...

TV show omits some names Recently a story of Poplar Bluff was filmed on TV by the Discovery Channel. I watched the show and think they did a good job of giving the police department credit for their good work. However, I remember 1992 when the Wynn Murder Case happened. ...

Ola Mae Harris NEELYVILLE, Mo. -- Ola Mae Harris, 84 of Harviell, Mo. died Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Mrs. Harris was born Jan. 6, 1927 at Hornersville, Mo. She was a homemaker and enjoyed collecting dolls, artist painting and reading mystery books...

Harry Acre DE SOTO, Mo. -- Harry F. Acre, 87, of De Soto, Mo., died Friday, Oct. 7, 2011, at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Crystal City, Mo. Mr. Acre was born Sept. 13, 1924, in Walnut Ridge, Ark. He taught at several Missouri schools, including in Poplar Bluff, Greenville, De Soto and Fox. He graduated cum laude at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, Mo. He was a member of First Baptist Church in De Soto...

Zoe Johnson VAN BUREN, Mo. -- Zoe Ann Johnson, 65, of Van Buren, Mo., died Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011, at her home. Ms. Johnson was born June 25, 1946, in Mount Vernon, Ohio. She moved to Van Buren in 2006 from Atlanta, Ga. She graduated from high school in Utica, Ohio, and attended Ohio State University for two years. She was a retired director of human resources for the Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta, where she worked for 21 years...

Peggy Lowry MALDEN, Mo. -- Peggy Ann Fields Lowry, 62, of Berkeley, Mo. died Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011, at Christian NE Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. Lowry was born March 13, 1949, in Wardell, Mo. She was of the Church of Christ faith. She married Wilbert Clifton Lowry Jan. 15, 1966, in Wardell. He survives...

Barbara J. White NEELYVILLE, Mo. -- Barbara Jean White, 60, of Neelyville, Mo. died Monday, Oct. 10, 2011 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. She was born April 3, 1951 in Atlanta, Ga. She enjoyed playing Bingo and cooking. She had worked at the state line restaurant as a waitress...

Modell Braun NEELYVILLE, Mo. Modell Braun, 99, of Naylor, Mo., died Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011 at Ripley County Memorial Hospital in Doniphan, Mo. She was born Sept. 3, 1912 in Searcy, Ark. She married Herald Braun on March 6, 1937 in Reyno, Ark. He preceded her in death April 23, 2000. She was of the Baptist faith. Her parents were Thomas Jefferson and Sally Caroline Carter Menser...

Phyllis Wells CARMI, Ill. -- Phyllis A. Wells, 63, of Crossville, Ill., died Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011, at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, Ind. Mrs. Wells was born Jan. 10, 1948, in Dexter, Mo., the daughter of Ralph and Karen Bernice (Allen) Bostic. She had worked as an aide at various nursing homes and at the Ainsbrooke sewing factory as a seamstress. She enjoyed playing bingo, going fishing, shopping and helping others...

Anna Carpenter NEELYVILLE, Mo. -- Anna Laura Carpenter, 85, of Doniphan, Mo., died Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011, at Mark Twain Caring Center in Doniphan. Mrs. Carpenter was born Aug. 17, 1926, in Jackson, Ky. She had lived in Doniphan for 40 years and had formerly lived in Ohio. ...

Warnie Whitener Warnie Yuell Whitener, 73, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., formerly of Fairdealing, Mo., died Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011, at his residence. The arrangements are pending and will be announced by Cotrell Funeral Service of Poplar Bluff, Mo.

Rita Hilton DONIPHAN, Mo.-- Rita Joyce Hilton, 54, of Doniphan, Mo., died Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011, at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Mrs. Hilton was born Sept. 1, 1957, in Doniphan. She was a factory worker at Vitronics Manufacturing. Mrs. Hilton enjoyed hunting and spending time with her grandchildren. She was a member of Good Hope Church...

By CAROLYN SMITH Staff Writer Three members of the Poplar Bluff High School Class of 1946 share a unique honor. All three, James "Jim" Rickman, Sam Giambelluca and Bob Sechrest, have had buildings, or in Giambelluca's case at track, named in their honor...

Poplar Bluff School District Board of Education members Hardy Billington, Mike Price, Alana Robertson, Gary Simmons and President Matt RIffle attended the 2011 annual conference sponsored by the Missouri School Boards' Association in cooperation with the Missouri Association of School Administrators...

Blood drive at 1st Meth. Oct. 18 First United Methodist Church, 500 N. Main St., will host a blood drive from 2 - 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18. Appointments can be made now by calling 1-800-RED-CROSS. Persons may also walk-in anytime. Due to the recent storms and other disasters, blood supplies are low...

Yard sale, dinner at Sacred Heart Sacred Heart School will hold a chicken & dumpling dinner and yard sale from 4:30 - 7:30 p. m. Thursday in the school gym. Adults, $8 and children under 12, $5.

Poplar Bluff School District Board of Education members Hardy Billington, Mike Price, Alana Robertson, Gary Simmons and President Matt RIffle attended the 2011 annual conference sponsored by the Missouri School Boards' Association in cooperation with the Missouri Association of School Administrators...

By CAROLYN SMITH Staff Writer Three members of the Poplar Bluff High School Class of 1946 share a unique honor. All three, James "Jim" Rickman, Sam Giambelluca and Bob Sechrest, have had buildings, or in Giambelluca's case at track, named in their honor...

Phyllis Wells CARMI, Ill. -- Phyllis A. Wells, 63, of Crossville, Ill., died Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011, at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, Ind. Mrs. Wells was born Jan. 10, 1948, in Dexter, Mo., the daughter of Ralph and Karen Bernice (Allen) Bostic. She had worked as an aide at various nursing homes and at the Ainsbrooke sewing factory as a seamstress. She enjoyed playing bingo, going fishing, shopping and helping others...

Anna Carpenter NEELYVILLE, Mo. -- Anna Laura Carpenter, 85, of Doniphan, Mo., died Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011, at Mark Twain Caring Center in Doniphan. Mrs. Carpenter was born Aug. 17, 1926, in Jackson, Ky. She had lived in Doniphan for 40 years and had formerly lived in Ohio. ...

Peggy Lowry MALDEN, Mo. -- Peggy Ann Fields Lowry, 62, of Berkeley, Mo. died Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011, at Christian NE Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. Lowry was born March 13, 1949, in Wardell, Mo. She was of the Church of Christ faith. She married Wilbert Clifton Lowry Jan. 15, 1966, in Wardell. He survives...

By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Observing the correlation of forces in this city and the intensity of conviction in the base of each party, the outcome of the ongoing fiscal fight between Barack Obama and the Tea Party Republicans seems preordained...

By MELISSA MILLER SEMO News Service CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- An international call center company is considering Cape Girardeau as a location for a new 500-person operation. Local economic development officials are keeping the identity of the company confidential, for now...

By JOHN WILLEY Staff Writer Everyone is talking about the economy and who has the best solution to solve the problem. One local couple has come up with their solution. They sell second hand antiques in their new business -- Country Bumpkins. The flea market -- antique mall business is owned and operated by Quintin and Tammy Marler and is located in the best place possible -- right next to their competition...

PIEDMONT -- Self-admittedly, the Clearwater volleyball team didn't play a very good match Tuesday night. But when the Lady Tigers needed to, they got the job done over Twin Rivers. Clearwater got down in each game against the Lady Royals but had enough in them to earn its 20th win of the season with a 25-18, 25-21 sweep...

Yard sale, dinner at Sacred Heart Sacred Heart School will hold a chicken & dumpling dinner and yard sale from 4:30 - 7:30 p. m. Thursday in the school gym. Adults, $8 and children under 12, $5.