Stories from Saturday, February 14, 2015

N'ville working on bldg. plans By PAT PRATT Staff Writer With the April election only six weeks away, Neelyville R-IV board members worked to finalize building plans for improvements on both campuses they hope voters will approve through a bond issue...

By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer In 2010, Capt. Richard Phillips told attendees of the First Midwest Bank Conference he owed his life to the members of SEAL Team Six who had rescued him from Somali pirates the year before. On Thursday, a former member of that team shared his own story of the Easter weekend when he said Navy SEALs rescued an American hostage at sea for the first time...

By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer The hardest part of combat is not the bullets, or the bombs. The hardest part of combat, according to the former Navy SEAL who has claimed responsibility for shooting Osama bin Laden, is kissing your child good-bye and knowing it could be the very last time...

Worry about kids not buses This is for the person who called in about the dirty school buses. The bus drivers wash those with a bucket and a hose. Any time you want to come down when it's freezing outside; be my guest! We need all the help we can get. ...

Puxico student gets scholarship Kayleigh Burch of Puxico has received the University Scholarship and Residence Life Leadership Award to attend Southeast Missouri State University for the 2015-2016 academic year. Burch is the daughter of John and Leigh Burch of Puxico and will be a 2015 graduate of Puxico High School...

Oak Grove Elementary has named its January Students of the Month. They are: Morgan Magill has been chosen as the first grade student of the month. She was nominated by her teacher, Sheila Henderson. Morgan is the daughter of Allen and Dana Magill. She is a thoughtful young lady with a great sense of humor. ...

By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN Among Cold War presidents, from Truman to Bush I, there was an unwritten rule: Do not challenge Moscow in its Central and Eastern Europe sphere of influence. In crises over Berlin in 1948 and 1961, the Hungarian Revolution in 1956 and the Warsaw Pact invasion of Prague in 1968, U.S. forces in Europe stayed in their barracks...

To the Editor: On Saturday, Feb. 7, I was driving on South Main Street and heard beautiful music surrounding the downtown area and lifting to the sky. I turned on a side street and put the window down to listen and immediately recognized the song, "God Bless America." It was so beautiful it brought tears to my eyes...

Marilyn Blystone Marilyn Kay Blystone, 75, of Carthage, died Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015, at Mercy Hospital in Joplin. Private family inurnment will take place at a later date at Taborville Cemetery in Taborville, MO. Online condolences: www.knellmortuary.com...

Delinda Sue Ray MALDEN, Mo. -- Delinda Sue Ray, 58, of Malden died Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015, at St. Francis Medial Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Visitation will begin at 1 p.m. Friday at Bradshaw Funeral Home continuing until service time at 2 p.m. in the chapel. Burial will follow in the Mount Gilead Cemetery in Clarkton, Mo...

Mabel V. Carlson GREENVILLE, Mo.--Mabel V. Carlson, 99, formerly of Clubb, died Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015 at Spring Ridge Assisted Living Center in Springfield. Visitation will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Morrison-Worley Funeral Chapel in Greenville. Services will follow at 2 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home chapel with Pastor Mark Hunsberger officiating...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- In the end, Cape Central's depth beat Poplar Bluff's speed Thursday for the Show Me Conference title. Cassidy Harris and Taylor Norwood each won two individual races and helped Poplar Bluff's 200-yard medley relay win while Morgan McAtee defended her title in the breaststroke with a meet-record time...

BROSELEY -- In recent years, Neeyville and Doniphan have had some pretty unique games when playing for third place of the Ozark Foothills Conference Tournament. Last year was an incredibly low-scoring 50-44 double-overtime win by the Tigers. Back in 2010, Neelyville survived an overtime game that saw the Dons finish with four players on the floor after two fouled out...

Dorothy Pease (Caverno, Hall) FLORISSANT, Mo. -- Dorothy Irene Pease (Caverno, Hall) (nee Nettles), 85, died Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015. She has gone to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ and to live eternally in heaven. She was preceded in death by three husbands, Walter Lee Paul Pease, Arthur Caverno and Nathanial Hall...

MARMADUKE, Ark. -- Poplar Bluff rallied with a second-quarter run to get within seven but the Lady Mules couldn't get closer in a 78-52 road loss Thursday. Marmaduke (Ark.) used an 18-2 run in the third quarter to hand the Lady Mules their second straight loss...

Jerry Atkinson DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Jerry Lowell Atkinson, 70, of Fairdealing, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015, at his residence. Mr. Atkinson, son of Russell and Eula (Rossen) Atkinson, was born Oct. 2, 1944, in Poplar Bluff. He had been a tool and die maker for many years. Mr. Atkinson was a veteran of the U. S. Army and enjoyed riding horses and collecting antiques...

BROSELEY -- Greenville came out of its semifinal game three nights earlier disappointed when it was bumped down to the third place game of the Ozark Foothills Conference Tournament. The Lady Bears, seeded No. 3, used that as motivation against the host Twin Rivers Lady Royals...

Margaret Mary Ann Hennessy CARTHAGE, Mo. -- Margaret Mary Ann Hennessy, 83, of Carthage, Mo., passed on Monday, Feb. 9, 2015, in her home surrounded by her husband and her children. She was born on Sept. 22, 1931, in La Porte, Ind., to Richard W. Pruden and Loretta Foldenauer. She was one of nine children, grew up in La Porte and spent free time with friends and siblings at Lake Michigan...

When Jim Baker retired from the machinists union, he and his wife moved home to Dexter from St. Louis. Since then, he has been smoking ribs for the Elks and playing the Missouri Lottery at Town & Country, 707 Specialty Dr., in Dexter. He made his regular purchase of Draw Games tickets on Jan. 28 and included a couple of Scratchers tickets. One of those tickets was a $100,000 winner...