Stories from Thursday, March 29, 2012

By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer The two candidates for the open Sub-District 1 seat on the Three Rivers College Board of Trustees say they bring to the position a desire to help the institution continue to grow. Voters will choose April 3 between retired health care manager Christy Turner and First Midwest Bank Vice President Ben Ressel...

By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor Numerous candidates have filed in area counties for the Aug. 7 primary election. I indicates incumbent. RIPLEY CO. Ron Barnett (I) is being challenged by Bryan Hart, Rory Calhoun and Gerald (J.D.) Leroux for the Republican nomination for sheriff while Taun Harber and Brian Walker are seeking the Democratic nomination...

By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor As soon as seven bids were opened at the Butler County Commission meeting Wednesday and it was determined sufficient funding was available, a happy group of Broseley Senior Nutrition Center board members quickly accepted the low bid of $429,343 from Sides Construction of Cape Girardeau, Mo., for the new senior center...

By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer The two candidates for the open Sub-District 1 seat on the Three Rivers College Board of Trustees say they bring to the position a desire to help the institution continue to grow. Voters will choose April 3 between retired health care manager Christy Turner and First Midwest Bank Vice President Ben Ressel...

By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor Numerous candidates have filed in area counties for the Aug. 7 primary election. I indicates incumbent. RIPLEY CO. Ron Barnett (I) is being challenged by Bryan Hart, Rory Calhoun and Gerald (J.D.) Leroux for the Republican nomination for sheriff while Taun Harber and Brian Walker are seeking the Democratic nomination...

By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor As soon as seven bids were opened at the Butler County Commission meeting Wednesday and it was determined sufficient funding was available, a happy group of Broseley Senior Nutrition Center board members quickly accepted the low bid of $429,343 from Sides Construction of Cape Girardeau, Mo., for the new senior center...

By PHYLLIS FLANIGAN University Outreach and Extension Do you like to plant your potatoes by the Almanac or on St. Patrick's Day? Consider planting Irish potatoes using the University of Missouri's Vegetable Planting Calendar. This publication suggests that you can plant anytime between March 10 and 30. I just love any type of potato dish...

Steven Danner KEARNEY, Mo. -- Steven Fredric Danner, 64, of Lathrop, Mo., died Wednesday, March 28, 2012. He was born March 24, 1948, to Louis A. Danner Jr. and Cecile Whidden Danner in Rapid City, S.D. He was a member of the Boy Scouts, an Eagle Scout, Rotary Club, Lions Club and the Lawson United Methodist Church...

One of the Senate's top priorities this session is to help put Missourians back to work. We believe we can no longer continue to do business in our state using the same policies we have relied on and expect a different result. There are far too many Missourians without a job and it is important we improve Missouri's business environment so businesses can grow and hire more employees...

To the Editor, I have worked in the Neelyville School District for 18 years and previously graduated from the district. As I was driving to work this week I couldn't help but notice the "Vote No - Keep Hillview for the Kids" signs and thought, "That's false advertisement." Voting No is not keeping Hillview for the kids; it's a vote for the parents' sentimentality and convenience. Some parents do not wish to see Hillview closed because they attended Hillview and it's "sentimental"...

Before and during the meal at the SEMO Sportsmen's Banquet last Saturday, the video that was presented caused me to take a trip back down memory lane. During the early years of the Missouri Department of Conservation, and the early years of the sportsmen's association, two of Missouri's governors were speakers at our annual meal...

By FRANK CAMPA Mo. Dept. of Conservation Do not miss this opportunity. The youth spring firearms turkey hunting season is Saturday and Sunday. Youths 6 through 15 years of age may participate by hunting on one of three types of permits: a resident spring firearms turkey hunting permit, a resident landowner spring turkey hunting permit or a nonresident spring firearms turkey hunting permit...

By PAUL DAVIS Outdoors Editor Missouri's spring turkey hunters can look forward to more birds and more foliage in the woods this year than they've seen in a while, according to Missouri Department of Conservation Resource Scientist Jason Isabelle. "We had a really good hatch last year," Isabelle said, "especially in Northeast and Southeast Missouri."...

By JOE JEREK Mo. Dept. of Conservation JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - The Missouri Department of Conservation has received final test results from 656 tissue samples taken from free-ranging deer harvested earlier this year. Results included three chronic wasting disease-positives, with two from adult does and one from an adult buck. The testing was conducted by MDC staff and area landowners in northeast Linn and northwest Macon counties specifically for CWD sampling...

Connie Wideman VALLES MINES, Mo. -- Connie Jo Wideman, 57, of Valles Mines, Mo., died Monday, March 26, 2012, at her residence. Mrs. Wideman was born July 29, 1954, in Poplar Bluff, Mo. She was a member of New Heights Church of Farmington, Mo. Survivors include her husband, Dennis Lynn Wideman of Valles Mines; two daughters, Tallie Jo Mordecai of Park Hills, Mo., and Trisha Mordecai of St. ...

On Monday afternoon, Queen's "We are the Champions" was on full blast at Xtreme Gymnastics. How appropriate it was. The 11 gymnasts from Xtreme placed first as a team in the state Level 4 meet this past weekend at Columbia College. It was the first team title in state competition in the facility's 13-year history...

GREENVILLE -- Long before he even toed the mound wearing the red and black of Greenville High School, Scott Foster was fine tuning his arm to play college baseball. Foster realized that dream Tuesday afternoon when his signed his National Letter of Intent to play at Williams Baptist College, an NAIA school in Walnut Ridge, Ark...

ADVANCE -- The Bloomfield Wildcats picked up their fifth straight win Wednesday afternoon as it moved past Advance, 14-2. Senior Paul Fox picked up the win with three innings tossed and five strike outs. He allowed two hits. Adam Vandiver pitched the final two innings and struck out three. He gave up three hits...

Eula Mae Hines Neelyville, Mo. -- Eula Mae Hines, 63, of Harviell, Mo., died Tuesday, March 27, 2012, at The Cedargate in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Mrs. Hines was born June 16, 1948, in Crowder, Miss. She had lived in Mississippi and California before moving to Butler County, Mo. in 1973...

Martha L. Ward PUXICO, Mo. -- Martha L. Ward, 93, of Wappapello, Mo., died Wednesday, March 28, 2012, at Puxico Nursing Center. The daughter of the late Albert S. and Mollie C. Carnes Lincoln, she was born on Nov. 20, 1918, in Wappapello, Mo. Mrs. Ward lived in the Wappapello area all her life. She was a member of the New Life Baptist Church in Wappapello and enjoyed gardening and sewing...

Pauline Cody DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Ida Pauline Cody, 87, of Jonesboro, Ark., died March 26, 2012, at her residence in Jonesboro. Mrs. Cody was born Dec. 10, 1924, in Doniphan, Mo. She worked for Wagner Electric in St. Louis. Mrs. Cody was baptized into the Church of Christ...

ADVANCE -- The Bloomfield Wildcats picked up their fifth straight win Wednesday afternoon as it moved past Advance, 14-2. Senior Paul Fox picked up the win with three innings tossed and five strike outs. He allowed two hits. Adam Vandiver pitched the final two innings and struck out three. He gave up three hits...

Eula Mae Hines Neelyville, Mo. -- Eula Mae Hines, 63, of Harviell, Mo., died Tuesday, March 27, 2012, at The Cedargate in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Mrs. Hines was born June 16, 1948, in Crowder, Miss. She had lived in Mississippi and California before moving to Butler County, Mo. in 1973...

Pauline Cody DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Ida Pauline Cody, 87, of Jonesboro, Ark., died March 26, 2012, at her residence in Jonesboro. Mrs. Cody was born Dec. 10, 1924, in Doniphan, Mo. She worked for Wagner Electric in St. Louis. Mrs. Cody was baptized into the Church of Christ...

Martha L. Ward PUXICO, Mo. -- Martha L. Ward, 93, of Wappapello, Mo., died Wednesday, March 28, 2012, at Puxico Nursing Center. The daughter of the late Albert S. and Mollie C. Carnes Lincoln, she was born on Nov. 20, 1918, in Wappapello, Mo. Mrs. Ward lived in the Wappapello area all her life. She was a member of the New Life Baptist Church in Wappapello and enjoyed gardening and sewing...

One of the Senate's top priorities this session is to help put Missourians back to work. We believe we can no longer continue to do business in our state using the same policies we have relied on and expect a different result. There are far too many Missourians without a job and it is important we improve Missouri's business environment so businesses can grow and hire more employees...

Before and during the meal at the SEMO Sportsmen's Banquet last Saturday, the video that was presented caused me to take a trip back down memory lane. During the early years of the Missouri Department of Conservation, and the early years of the sportsmen's association, two of Missouri's governors were speakers at our annual meal...

By JOE JEREK Mo. Dept. of Conservation JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - The Missouri Department of Conservation has received final test results from 656 tissue samples taken from free-ranging deer harvested earlier this year. Results included three chronic wasting disease-positives, with two from adult does and one from an adult buck. The testing was conducted by MDC staff and area landowners in northeast Linn and northwest Macon counties specifically for CWD sampling...

Connie Wideman VALLES MINES, Mo. -- Connie Jo Wideman, 57, of Valles Mines, Mo., died Monday, March 26, 2012, at her residence. Mrs. Wideman was born July 29, 1954, in Poplar Bluff, Mo. She was a member of New Heights Church of Farmington, Mo. Survivors include her husband, Dennis Lynn Wideman of Valles Mines; two daughters, Tallie Jo Mordecai of Park Hills, Mo., and Trisha Mordecai of St. ...

By PAUL DAVIS Outdoors Editor Missouri's spring turkey hunters can look forward to more birds and more foliage in the woods this year than they've seen in a while, according to Missouri Department of Conservation Resource Scientist Jason Isabelle. "We had a really good hatch last year," Isabelle said, "especially in Northeast and Southeast Missouri."...