Stories from Thursday, July 9, 2015

By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor A reception in honor of Missouri House Speaker Todd Richardson of Poplar Bluff will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday in the Westwood Banquet Center. "The community is proud of Todd being Speaker of the House," said Jeff Shawan. "He is the first Republican in the history of Butler County to be Speaker of the House and the first Butler County resident to lead the House since the 1930s."...

By KATHERINE WEBSTER SEMO News Service A man from the Marble Hill, Missouri, area shot and killed an intruder on his property Friday night -- but not before the trespassing bobcat killed four domestic kittens. Larry Wiseheart returned home from dinner just after 9 p.m. Friday to find a bobcat had gotten into a small dog run on the back porch where the couple was housing a mother cat and several kittens...

Stupid reason to resign It's no wonder Kaplan got by with so much in Poplar Bluff. The newly elected City Council was so anxious to "rid us of the crooks" (the old Council and Bagby) that they swallowed Kaplan's line without question . . . they got what they wanted!...

By MICHELLE MALKIN I have had enough of smug liberal elites wrapped in their "Celebrate Diversity" banners tearing down minority conservatives. Look in the mirror, media and academia bigots. Your own reflexive racism and divisive rhetoric are poisoning public discourse. There's nothing "progressive" about attacking the children and grandchildren of immigrants who proudly embrace an American identity...

To the Editor: The recent front page article by Pat Pratt about the donation of a 1928 yearbook (The Bluff) to the R-1 School District was interesting and well written. Something that is not widely known, however, is that the most complete collection of Poplar Bluff High School yearbooks can be found at the Poplar Bluff Museum. ...

By PAT PRATT Staff Writer A Poplar Bluff entrepreneur is putting the "squeeze" on the rumor that healthy and delicious don't mix. Joe Clark said he is planning a late July opening of the area's first fresh juice bar. Joe Clark's The Juice Cafe is located in the 900 block of Ida next to BeeHive Natural Foods. The first-of-its-kind in the area cafe/juice bar will focus on offering healthy food alternatives made fresh to order quickly...

By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN "I will never be able to hold her again, but I forgive you." So said Nadine Collier, who lost her mother in the massacre at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, offering forgiveness to Dylann Roof, who confessed to the atrocity that took the lives of nine churchgoers at that Wednesday night prayer service and Bible study...

Bernice Porter MALDEN, Mo.--Bernice Porter, 80, of Malden, died Friday, July 3, 2015 at her residence. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Friday at the Landess Chapel in Malden. Funeral will follow at 1 p.m. at the Landess Chapel with Pastor Cleveland Brown officiating...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) announces the following 2015 hunting season dates, hours, and limits for early-migrating game birds. Mourning doves, Eurasian collared doves, and white-winged doves may be taken from Sept. 1 through Nov. 9 from one half hour before sunrise to sunset with a combined daily limit of 15 and a combined possession limit of 45 for all three species...

By FRANK CAMPA Mo. Dept. of Conservation To be quite honest, the wet weather this summer has not exactly been conducive to outdoor activities at times, except mowing the ever-growing grass. It may be very possible you suffer a little from "outdooritis."...

By PAUL DAVIS Outdoors Editor The results of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's annual duck breeding population survey, a joint project every May and June with the Canadian Wildlife Service and multiple state agencies, were released last week, and there's good news coming from the northern plains for duck hunters...

Daniel Galinat Daniel Galinat, 64, of Poplar Bluff, died Wednesday, July 08, 2015, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Arrangements are pending and will be announced by Cotrell Funeral Service.

Nellie Burness Stark MALDEN, Mo.--Nellie Burness Stark, 70, of Wappapello, died Sunday, July 5, 2015, at her residence. Visitation will be at noon Thursday, July 9, at Bradshaw Funeral Home in Malden. The funeral will follow at 1 p.m. at Bradshaw Chapel. Burial will be in Stanfield Cemetery in Clarkton...

Julie Saylors Julie Saylors, 53, of Poplar Bluff, Mo. died Monday, July 6, 2015. Julie was born Nov. 13, 1961 in Poplar Bluff to Benny Losh and Mona Jackson Losh. She was a life time resident of Butler County. She was of the Baptist faith and a member of the Old Oak Hill Church...

W C James MALDEN, Mo.--W C James, 71, of Clarkton, died Saturday, July 4, 2015 at his residence. Visitation will be at 1 p.m. until service time Wednesday at Bradshaw Funeral Home in Malden. Funeral service will follow at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Bradshaw Chapel. Burial will be in Stanfield Cemetery in Clarkton...

Harold Wayne Hogeland MALDEN, Mo.--Harold Wayne Hogeland, 73, of Malden, died Wednesday, July 1, 2015 at Kindred Hospital in Tomball, Texas. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Friday at the Landess Chapel in Malden. Funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Landess Chapel in Malden with Rev. Paul Starnes officiating...

Jennifer Lynn Smith Jennifer Lynn Smith, 45, of Poplar Bluff died Monday, July 6, 2015 at her residence. Mrs. Smith, daughter of Kirk Earl Harness and the late Gladys (Dewitt) Sutton, was born Sept. 6, 1969 in South Bend, Ind. She was a member of the Fellowship General Baptist Church in Poplar Bluff, where she was active in the Fellowship of Acceptance Ministry. ...

Freda Del Prewitt Freda Del Prewitt, 87, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Saturday, July 4, 2015, at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. She was born March 28, 1928 in Livingston Co. Kentucky. She was of the Baptist faith. She retired from Busman Fuse Co. and had worked at Bluff Manor and Taco Bell and was a classroom grandma at Eugene Field School...

Margaret Bailey FARMINGTON, Mo. -- Margaret Bailey went to be with her Lord and Savior whom she loved and served and shared the gospel with anyone she came in contact. A stranger to her was just a friend she hadn't met. Margaret passed away Monday, July 6, 2015, at the Westwood Hills Health Center in Poplar Bluff, at the age of 88. She was born on May 30, 1927...

Robert Dale Allison QULIN, Mo. -- Robert Dale Allison, 64, of Centralia, Mo. passed away Monday, July 6, 2015, from a sudden heart attack. He was born in Benton Harbor, Mich. on Sept. 19, 1950. Dale graduated from Qulin High School in 1969. He joined the Army in 1970 and served his country honorably while stationed in Hawaii. ...

Norman Mann PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Norman Mann, 69, of Poplar Bluff, formerly of Wayne County, Mo., died Tuesday, July 7, 2015, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. The visitation will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Ruegg Funeral Home, Piedmont. The funeral service will follow at 11 a.m. at the chapel. Burial will follow at 2 pm at Missouri State Veterans Cemetery, Bloomfield...

James "Mike" Foushee DEXTER, Mo.--Mike Foushee, 64, of Bloomfield, died Sunday, July 5, 2015 at his residence. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Dexter Cemetery. Interment will follow in the Dexter Cemetery. Rainey-Mathis in charge of arrangements...

Daniel J. Davis II PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Daniel J. Davis II, 38, of Piedmont, died Sunday, July 5, 2015, at his residence. A memorial visitation will be from noon until 1 p.m. Thursday at Clearwater United Baptist Church, Piedmont. The memorial service will follow at 1 p.m. at the church...

Poplar Bluff High School Class of 1959 will meet for lunch at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at Mrytle's Place. All class members, spouses and guests are invited. Any inquiries, call 686-1019 or 718-5900.

James Hahn CLARKSVILLE, Ark. -- James Andrew Hahn 73, of Clarksville, died Friday, June 26, 2015, in Clarksville. He was born Sept. 5, 1941, in Qulin, to the late William Frank and Avanelle Hefner Hahn. He was retired from the United States Army with numerous honors, medals, awards, and accommodations. He was also a member of Second Baptist Church...

Jimmy Ray Shulse Jimmy Ray Shulse, 75, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Monday, July 6, 2015 at Poplar Bluff Regional Hospital. Mr. Shulse was born in Falls City, Neb. to the late Eugene Clark and Gula Geraldine Farrens Shulse. On May 6, 1961, he and Joyce Courts were married in Cincinnati, Ohio. She survives of the home...

By PAT PRATT Staff Writer A 24-year-old Doniphan man is accused of rape, burglary and assault. Ripley County prosecutors on Monday charged Cody D. Redus, 24, with the unclassified felony of first-degree rape, the class B felony of first-degree burglary and third-degree assault, a misdemeanor...

Poplar Bluff police are asking the public's help in locating a suspect who assaulted a Wal-Mart employee Monday. The suspect is a white male, 50-60 years old with grey hair and a long beard. According to police reports, at 5:17 p.m. Monday the suspect approached the Wal-Mart customer service desk and requested a refund on a movie...

An Advance teenager was killed and a passenger suffered serious injuries in an all terrain vehicle accident Saturday evening near Grassy. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, driver Austin K. Engram, 16, was pronounced dead at the scene at 12:10 a.m. Sunday by the Bollinger County Coroner. Passenger William Welty, 17, also of Advance was taken to St. Francois Hospital in Cape Girardeau for treatment...