Stories from Wednesday, December 19, 2012

TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Mo. 734 met at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 5 and 12. The secretary's reports were approved as read by Lou Ann Wrather at both meetings. The week's best losers were: Betty Pfeifer, TOPS, and June Pitchie, KOPS, Dec. 5 meeting; Ruth Fisher, TOPS, and Lou Roach, KOPS, Dec. 12 meeting...

The Agee Community Club met at Ryan's on Dec. 13. Cathy Womack, the club president was hostess and opened the meeting with members repeating the club motto. Nadine Johnson offered the invocation. Roll call was answered with, "What am I grateful for?"...

By CHRISTY LEMIRE AP Movie Critic Until the very end, she is described as "The Girl." Even after a relentless, decade-long pursuit that leads to the daring midnight raid of Osama bin Laden's compound, even as she unzips the body bag to verify that the bloody corpse inside is indeed that of the slain al-Qaida leader, Jessica Chastain's CIA officer character is defined primarily by her femininity in this male-dominated world...

Lula C. Warren Lula C. Mayes Warren, 82, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are pending with Cotrell Funeral Service in Poplar Bluff.

TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Mo 347 met Thursday, Dec. 6, at the Palace of Praise in Poplar Bluff. Roll call was answered with "loss or gain". Six members were present. The best loser was Peggy Woods. Patsy Sullivan who rejoined the club after a long absence was welcomed back...

Herbert Lacey DEXTER, Mo. -- Herbert Dale Lacey, 80, of Dexter, Mo., died Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Monday at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012 at the Kutis Funeral Chapel in St. Louis, Mo. Burial will be in the Shepherd of the Hills Cemetery at Barnhart, Mo...

The Poplar Bluff 5th & 6th Grade Center has announced its Students of the Month for November. Emilie Ann Jones, daughter of April Sutton, is a fifth grade student in Shauna Sparks class. Emilie has been on the A Honor Roll two years and is involved in the 5th/6th Honor Choir...

Amvets Ladies Auxiliary to Post 29 met at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 3, at the post home. Dinner was served at 6 p.m. and the business meeting followed at 7 p.m. Patsy Phelan, Community Service chairperson, reported three visits to residential/assisted living homes in December...