Stories from Thursday, September 20, 2012

By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer Second in a series The Butler County Emergency Management Agency had a roster of more than 50 volunteers when current Director Rick Sliger took over the position at the beginning of 2007. Numbers had fallen to about half a dozen by the ice storm of 2009, according to former volunteers...

Quentin Carl Sappington, 83, of Naylor, Mo., died Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012, at Ripley County Memorial Hospital in Doniphan, Mo. Mr. Sappington was born Oct. 22, 1928, in Searcy, Ark. He was formerly a resident of Little Rock, Ark. He was a member of the Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ. ...

James Jones DEXTER, Mo. -- James E. Jones, 79, of Dexter, Mo., died Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012, at his home. Mr. Jones was born on Jan. 9, 1933, in Springfield, Mo. He had retires as a supervisor at the Division of Family Services in Bloomfield, Mo. He was a veteran of the United States Navy and served in the Korean War. He was also a member of the Faith Lutheran Church in Dexter...

Poplar Bluff R-I Board of Education will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Central Office, 1110 N. Westwood Blvd. Items on the open session agenda include: program evaluation for migratory and homeless; paper bid; modular units at Oak Grove Elementary; student achievement; Transportation Development District (TDD) voting; long range planning patron survey; trap shooting team; and October disability awareness month activities...

Clorine Shipman DEXTER, Mo. -- Clorine Shipman, 89, of Dexter, Mo., died Monday, Sept. 17, 2012, in Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Mrs. Shipman was born on Aug. 25, 1923, in Powe, Mo. She was a housewife and affiliated with the Church of Christ...

MALDEN, Mo. -- Roxanna Hagan-White, 40, of Vidor, Texas, died Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012, at Beaumont, Texas. She was born Jan. 19, 1972, in Bowling Green, Ky. She was a lifetime Girl Scout and a certified nurse assistant for Harbor Hospice in Beaumont...

Three Rivers College Board of Trustees will meet at noon Wednesday at the Tinnin Fine Arts Center. Items on the agenda include: authorizing the college to convey to the Three Rivers Community College Building Corporation to a leasehold interest; approving delivery of lease participation certificates; authorizing and approving certain documents and other actions in connection with the delivery of lease participation certificates; scheduling of November board meetings; naming rights for the capital campaign; consideration of a Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) for calendar year 2013; athletic insurance; college policy related to military duty; personnel action; and a closed session.. ...

Sally Penrod MALDEN, Mo. -- Meda "Sally" Faye Penrod, 79, of Malden, Mo., died Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012, at Golden Living Center in Malden. Mrs. Penrod was born Oct. 29, 1932, in Arkansas. Retired, she had worked as a hair stylist. She was a member of the First General Baptist Church in Campbell, Mo...

After a week of struggles, it all came together for the Clearwater Lady Tigers on Saturday. The host of the Clearwater Invitational went 7-0-1 on the day and beat Doniphan 25-14, 25-11 in the championship game. "I was pretty pleased with the way we played," Clearwater coach Rae Jean Fuchs said...

NEELYVILLE -- Neelyville's Emily Eaker lifted her team Monday afternoon, this time with her bat. Eaker, who usually pitches but played right field because of a sore throwing wrist, got the game-winning hit for Neelyville as the Lady Tigers got a 6-5 walk-off win over Clearwater in extra innings...