Stories from Sunday, April 29, 2012

By SARABETH WALLER Staff Writer A successful Nashville singer-songwriter with Southeast Missouri ties is hosting a homecoming show at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 12 at the Rodgers Theatre. Jamie Teachenor grew up in Fagus, Mo., and graduated from Twin Rivers High School in 1998. He grew up in a family of musicians and especially admired his father, Jim...

By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer A Doniphan, Mo., organization that serves more than 50,000 meals a year to seniors has received a $75,000 grant from the Missouri Foundation for Health to fund operation costs. The Ripley County Senior Citizens Club provides much more than hot meals, said administrator Mona Settles...

By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor Charged with burglarizing a home earlier this month as the homeowner was sleeping, a Poplar Bluff, Mo., man is to appear in court Monday afternoon for a preliminary hearing in his case. Jacob Sanoe Kalawaia, 27, of the 1200 block of County Road 470 is to appear at 1 p.m. Monday before Associate Circuit Judge John Bloodworth on a Class B felony of first-degree burglary and the Class C felony of first-degree tampering with a motor vehicle...

By SARABETH WALLER Staff Writer Former Poplar Bluff High School football coach Shane Kearbey will be bound over for trial to face a Class C felony stealing charge, ruled Judge John Bloodworth at a preliminary hearing Friday morning. Kearbey was charged on June 3 with stealing from a Mules fundraiser...

By Donna Farley Staff Writer For a family of Doniphan, Mo., jewelry makers, this weekend's Merchants Showcase offered the chance to open new doors by letting their product speak for itself. No special knowledge of technology or social media needed...

By SARABETH WALLER Staff Writer A successful Nashville singer-songwriter with Southeast Missouri ties is hosting a homecoming show at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 12 at the Rodgers Theatre. Jamie Teachenor grew up in Fagus, Mo., and graduated from Twin Rivers High School in 1998. He grew up in a family of musicians and especially admired his father, Jim...

By SHARON RANDALL Scripps Howard News Service Once again, I did not bring an umbrella. Or a coat. Or a hat or scarf or gloves or snow boots. Or a rope to tie down my goat. For the record, I don't own a goat. It's an expression I grew up with. Where I come from, if winds exceed average velocity, it's time, figuratively speaking, to go out and tie down your goat. Even if you don't own one...

Mitt Romney says he will not apologize for being a rich guy who lives large and can buy whatever he wants by writing checks from his offshore bank account in the Caymans. The former governor of Massachusetts believes that what he and his father before him accomplished -- that is, raking in the big bucks -- is to be celebrated. Perhaps Romney's campaign slogan should be: "I'm rich. Deal with it."...

By GEORGE F. WILL WASHINGTON -- Around noon on Saturday, Nov. 23, 1963, almost exactly 24 hours after the assassination in Dallas, while the president's casket lay in the East Room of the White House, Arthur Schlesinger, John Kennedy's kept historian, convened a lunch at Washington's Occidental restaurant with some other administration liberals. ...

Don and Sandy Morrison of Piedmont, Mo., and Bob and Cheryl Smith of Poplar Bluff, Mo., announce the marriage of their children, Kasie Mae Morrison and Matthew Caroll Smith. A beach side wedding ceremony was held at sunset on Saturday, April 21, 2012, at Dauphin Island, Ala...

Millidean Pruitt MALDEN, Mo -- Millidean Colleen Pruitt, 73, of Malden, Mo., died Friday, April 27, 2012, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Mrs. Pruitt was born Aug. 17, 1938, in Portageville, Mo. She was a member of the Church of Christ in Bernie, Mo. and had retired as a CNA for the VNA...

Geralene Fagen DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Geralene Fagan, 93, of Doniphan, Mo., died Thursday, April 26, 2012, at Corning Therapy and Rehab Center in Corning, Ark. Mrs. Fagan, daughter of William and Margaret (Boren) Cates, was born July 7, 1918, in Gatewood, Mo. She had retired from Vitronic Manufacturing Co. as an inventory clerk. Mrs. Fagan was a member of the Doniphan Church of Christ and enjoyed gardening, quilting and cooking...

Michael Holden Michael O. Holden, 58, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Saturday, April 28, 2012, in Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Mr. Holden was born June 10, 1952, in Caraway, Ark. He had worked as a deputy sheriff in Butler County. He enjoyed fishing, playing golf, and spending time with his daughters...

Kenneth Duncan PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Kenneth " Speed" Duncan, 88, of Piedmont, Mo. died Thursday, April 26, 2012, at his home. Mr. Duncan was born Feb. 20, 1924, at Sewickley, Pa. He was a member of Harvest Baptist Church in Piedmont. He was a World War II veteran and served in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1945...

Blake Driskell avoided disaster on the 14th tee Saturday and ended up the first-round lead at the 66th Tom Hoover Ozark Invitational. If not for a bad break on 18, Ryne Fisher might be up there with Driskell. Driskell closed his round at Westwood Hills Country Club with three straight birdies to shoot a 5-under-par 66. The Cape Girardeau golfer holds a 1-shot lead heading into today's final round...

Poplar Bluff's Nick Pattillo had a strong performance at the Poplar Bluff Invitational and the rest of his team followed. Pattillo got first place in two individual events along with being part of relay teams that finished first and third place as the Mules finished third at their own event with 106 points Friday at Sam Giambelluca Track and Field Complex. West Plains was first with 145 points...

The Poplar Bluff Lady Mules had a minor mishap Friday afternoon at Sam Giambelluca Track and Field Complex but it didn't matter. The Lady Mules were disqualified in the 400-meter relay but still had solid day as they took first in the Poplar Bluff Invitational with 151 points...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The SEMO Conference has been so ultra-competitive this spring that the seeds for the tournament should have just been pulled out of a hat. The Jackson Indians, ranked seventh out of the nine teams, will play in the tournament championship after a huge fourth inning dropped the third-seeded Poplar Bluff Mules 9-5 in the semifinals Saturday afternoon at Notre Dame High School...

NEOSHO -- The Three Rivers Lady Raiders rebounded to keep their season going Saturday. After losing to Crowder in the second round of the Region XVI Tournament, the Lady Raiders held off Jefferson 3-2 Saturday to win the loser's bracket. The Lady Raiders must now defeat Crowder twice to win the tournament starting at noon today...

Justin Gosa was happy to be in the sand at Westwood Hills Country Club's par-5 18th on Friday afternoon. The Germantown, Tenn. golfer blasted out of the sand and within inches of the cup for a tap-in birdie to win the Ozark Shootout. "It was either hit in on the front of the green or in the bunker," Gosa said. "It does't look that way...

Geralene Fagen DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Geralene Fagan, 93, of Doniphan, Mo., died Thursday, April 26, 2012, at Corning Therapy and Rehab Center in Corning, Ark. Mrs. Fagan, daughter of William and Margaret (Boren) Cates, was born July 7, 1918, in Gatewood, Mo. She had retired from Vitronic Manufacturing Co. as an inventory clerk. Mrs. Fagan was a member of the Doniphan Church of Christ and enjoyed gardening, quilting and cooking...

Mitt Romney says he will not apologize for being a rich guy who lives large and can buy whatever he wants by writing checks from his offshore bank account in the Caymans. The former governor of Massachusetts believes that what he and his father before him accomplished -- that is, raking in the big bucks -- is to be celebrated. Perhaps Romney's campaign slogan should be: "I'm rich. Deal with it."...

Don and Sandy Morrison of Piedmont, Mo., and Bob and Cheryl Smith of Poplar Bluff, Mo., announce the marriage of their children, Kasie Mae Morrison and Matthew Caroll Smith. A beach side wedding ceremony was held at sunset on Saturday, April 21, 2012, at Dauphin Island, Ala...

Michael Holden Michael O. Holden, 58, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Saturday, April 28, 2012, in Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Mr. Holden was born June 10, 1952, in Caraway, Ark. He had worked as a deputy sheriff in Butler County. He enjoyed fishing, playing golf, and spending time with his daughters...

Kenneth Duncan PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Kenneth " Speed" Duncan, 88, of Piedmont, Mo. died Thursday, April 26, 2012, at his home. Mr. Duncan was born Feb. 20, 1924, at Sewickley, Pa. He was a member of Harvest Baptist Church in Piedmont. He was a World War II veteran and served in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1945...

Jacquie and Bill Ward announcement the engagement of their daughter, Sierra Summer Spradling, to Bradley Allen Elliott, all of Poplar Bluff, Mo. Elliott is the son of Allen and Mhel Elliott of Corning, Ark., and Ging Ridlen of Dexter, Mo. The bride-to-be is a 2005 graduate of Poplar Bluff High School. She holds bachelor's degrees in criminal justice and art and is currently employed by the Butler County Juvenile Office as a juvenile tracker...

CHAFFEE -- After a late loss to the host earlier in the day, the Twin Rivers Royals finished strong Saturday at the Chaffee Invitational by defeating Senath-Hornersville in the third-place game, 12-0. Wyatt Easterday drove in four runs against the Lions while Bennett Shultz had three RBIs. Ryan Nippe got the win on the mound with five innings worked with eight strike outs. He also helped himself with two RBIs and two runs scored...