Stories from Wednesday, January 25, 2012

By PAUL DAVIS Outdoors Editor Randy Birdsong is used to wrapping his hands around trophy game animals. Last week, he grabbed his best trophy yet. After just one season on the air, Birdsong's "Headhunters TV" series was recognized as one of the industry's best shows, topping the "Best Bird Hunting" category at the Outdoor Channel's 12th Annual Golden Moose Awards Jan. 19 in Las Vegas, Nev...

By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor City Manager Doug Bagby and Mayor Ed DeGaris are thrilled with the progress being made on constructing the $173 million Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. "Getting the hospital started was one of the big accomplishments during 2011," said Bagby, who was involved in numerous meetings to reach the agreements with the hospital, developers and the Missouri Department of Transportation. ...

By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer To honor veterans in a way that reflects their service to their country is Tammy Smith's the purpose. That's how she begins each day's work at Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield, Mo., whether her time is spent assisting grieving families, overseeing the maintenance budget or inspecting headstones...

By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer To honor veterans in a way that reflects their service to their country is Tammy Smith's the purpose. That's how she begins each day's work at Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield, Mo., whether her time is spent assisting grieving families, overseeing the maintenance budget or inspecting headstones...

By PAUL DAVIS Outdoors Editor Randy Birdsong is used to wrapping his hands around trophy game animals. Last week, he grabbed his best trophy yet. After just one season on the air, Birdsong's "Headhunters TV" series was recognized as one of the industry's best shows, topping the "Best Bird Hunting" category at the Outdoor Channel's 12th Annual Golden Moose Awards Jan. 19 in Las Vegas, Nev...

CAMPBELL -- Clarkton senior Mikey Jones led the charge and the Reindeer followed Tuesday. Jones had eight of his team's 12 points in overtime as Clarkton held on for a win at Campbell, 68-61. "I am proud of them," Clarkton coach Steven White said. "It is just good to get back on the winning side, we were on a three-game losing streak...

FARMINGTON -- Missed shots piled up Tuesday night for the Poplar Bluff Lady Mules. Poplar Bluff shot just 25 percent, missing 45 times from the field in a 45-38 loss at Farmington. "We had our chances but it's difficult to win when you shoot 25 percent," Poplar Bluff coach Kirk Chronister said...

As seniors Brooke Kirby and Bethany Kenser swam their 500-yard freestyle Tuesday afternoon their teammates encouraged them from pool-side with one word -- "run!" "We run faster than we swim," said Kirby, who placed second in the race with a time of 7 minutes, 27 seconds...

GREENVILLE -- Besides having two coaches that were both on Naylor's bench last season going head-to-head for the first time, the Eagles and the Greenville Bears were both desperate to end a losing skid Tuesday night. The Eagles did just that as they lead from halfway through the first quarter on to defeat the Bears 72-65 in an Ozark Foothills Conference meeting...

DEXTER -- The Bloomfield Wildcats took off in the first half as Puxico's offense was stagnant Tuesday in the first half. The Wildcats led by 19 at halftime and moved past the Indians, 73-65, in the first round of the Stoddard County Activities Association tournament at Dexter Bearcat Event Center...

By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN On Sept. 21, 1976, as his car rounded Sheridan Circle on Embassy Row, former Chilean ambassador Orlando Letelier was assassinated by car bomb. Ronni Moffitt, a 25-year-old American woman who worked with Letelier at the leftist Institute for Policy Studies, died with him...

Growing up in Levittown out on Long Island, I remember my father buying pants through the mail. This seemed strange to me. There was a Robert Hall clothing store nearby, and it had pants all over the place. But my dad said he could buy two pair for the price of one from some guy in South Dakota. One problem: The pants never fit...

A warning for trash stashers I hope you'll print this, Speak Out. Because it seems that there are people that are stealing garbage service in our community. And, by that I mean, they go and drive around to the local car washes and literally empty out truckloads of trash into the trash depositories at the car washes. ...

Bernice Buchanan MALDEN, Mo. -- Bernice DeLoise Buchanan, 90, of Gideon, Mo., died Monday, Jan. 23, 2012, at her residence. Mrs. Buchanan was born Aug. 2, 1921, at Lanty, Ark. She was a member of Stanfield General Baptist Church in Gideon. On March 1, 1942, she was married to Winfred Ashley Buchanan at Clarkton, Mo. He preceded her in death on July 19, 1995...

Orpha Ruminer DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Orpha Virginia Jones Ruminer of Grandin, Mo., died Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012, at her residence. Funeral arrangements are pending with Edwards Funeral Home in Doniphan.

Paul Jackson LESTERVILLE, Mo. -- Paul W. Jackson, 83, of Centerville, Mo., died Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012, at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Mr. Jackson was born March 7, 1928 in Centerville. He was retired from highway construction in Farmington and was a member of local 916. He enjoyed riding four-wheelers, gardening and family dinners...

Sarah White Sarah Kathryn (Jarboe) White, 31, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Monday, Jan. 23, 2012, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Sarah was born Sept. 4, 1980, in Poplar Bluff. She was a member of The Bluff Church in Poplar Bluff, and was a schoolteacher at the Poplar Bluff 5th and 6th Grade Center. ...

Glenda Latham NEELYVILLE, Mo. -- Glenda Caroline Latham, 60, of Naylor, Mo., died Monday, Jan. 23, 2012, at her residence. Born May 21, 1951, in Naylor, she was a homemaker and basically a lifelong resident of the area. She enjoyed yard work, the outdoors, flowers, her family genealogy, helping people and her cats. She was of the Baptist faith...

By MICHELLE L. VARVIL SEMO News Service PUXICO , Mo. -- Puxico Marshal Johnny Clark attended the Jan. 19 regular meeting of the Puxico Board of Aldermen to address a letter directed at Ward I Alderman Rick McLean dismissing him as police liaison. In the letter, Clark stated, "I am tired of this personal agenda of yours."...

As seniors Brooke Kirby and Bethany Kenser swam their 500-yard freestyle Tuesday afternoon their teammates encouraged them from pool-side with one word -- "run!" "We run faster than we swim," said Kirby, who placed second in the race with a time of 7 minutes, 27 seconds...

GREENVILLE -- Besides having two coaches that were both on Naylor's bench last season going head-to-head for the first time, the Eagles and the Greenville Bears were both desperate to end a losing skid Tuesday night. The Eagles did just that as they lead from halfway through the first quarter on to defeat the Bears 72-65 in an Ozark Foothills Conference meeting...

CAMPBELL -- Clarkton senior Mikey Jones led the charge and the Reindeer followed Tuesday. Jones had eight of his team's 12 points in overtime as Clarkton held on for a win at Campbell, 68-61. "I am proud of them," Clarkton coach Steven White said. "It is just good to get back on the winning side, we were on a three-game losing streak...

Paul Jackson LESTERVILLE, Mo. -- Paul W. Jackson, 83, of Centerville, Mo., died Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012, at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Mr. Jackson was born March 7, 1928 in Centerville. He was retired from highway construction in Farmington and was a member of local 916. He enjoyed riding four-wheelers, gardening and family dinners...

Orpha Ruminer DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Orpha Virginia Jones Ruminer of Grandin, Mo., died Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012, at her residence. Funeral arrangements are pending with Edwards Funeral Home in Doniphan.

Bernice Buchanan MALDEN, Mo. -- Bernice DeLoise Buchanan, 90, of Gideon, Mo., died Monday, Jan. 23, 2012, at her residence. Mrs. Buchanan was born Aug. 2, 1921, at Lanty, Ark. She was a member of Stanfield General Baptist Church in Gideon. On March 1, 1942, she was married to Winfred Ashley Buchanan at Clarkton, Mo. He preceded her in death on July 19, 1995...

Growing up in Levittown out on Long Island, I remember my father buying pants through the mail. This seemed strange to me. There was a Robert Hall clothing store nearby, and it had pants all over the place. But my dad said he could buy two pair for the price of one from some guy in South Dakota. One problem: The pants never fit...

By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN On Sept. 21, 1976, as his car rounded Sheridan Circle on Embassy Row, former Chilean ambassador Orlando Letelier was assassinated by car bomb. Ronni Moffitt, a 25-year-old American woman who worked with Letelier at the leftist Institute for Policy Studies, died with him...

Sarah White Sarah Kathryn (Jarboe) White, 31, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Monday, Jan. 23, 2012, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Sarah was born Sept. 4, 1980, in Poplar Bluff. She was a member of The Bluff Church in Poplar Bluff, and was a schoolteacher at the Poplar Bluff 5th and 6th Grade Center. ...