Stories from Sunday, July 22, 2012

By MELISSA MILLER SEMO News Service Southeast Missouri isn't alone when it comes to recent ozone standard violations. EPA representative Lachala Kemp told the Southeast Missouri Air Quality Task Force Friday that ozone exceedances are occurring this summer all over the country due to record breaking temperatures...

By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer For the last three years, Poplar Bluff, Mo., skateboarders have honed their skills in an empty downtown parking lot with makeshift ramps of cinderblock and boards while the $450,000 skate park they helped design became a reality across the street...

By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor The outcome of the primary election battle for Butler County sheriff will not be decided until Aug. 7, but Ed Strenfel has collected more contributions than Sheriff Mark Dobbs. Strenfel and Wayne Gilmore are challenging Dobbs for the Republican nomination for sheriff...

By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer Skilled craftsmanship can be seen in the many features which make the Vine Street property known as the castle house remarkable. A lustrous dark wood coffered ceiling just inside the front door gives way to intricately laid parquet floors in an octagon-shaped front room and later a dining room bordered by English oak columns, all capped by three turrets which earned the 119-year-old house its nickname...

By JAMES SAMONS SEMO News Service Drought has affected the river and its traffic, with low water conditions stretching from the length of the Mississippi River's shipping lanes, tightening the width of the river and limiting the amount of cargo in each barge...

Producers are urged to report crop losses resulting from a weather-related disaster event within 15 days of the disaster or when the loss first becomes apparent, this includes crops covered by crop insurance, the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) and crops without insurance coverage, said Aaron Sandlin, Butler County USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) executive director...

By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN Mitt Romney is today the beneficiary of some desperate counsel from alarmed Republicans on how to escape the snare in which he has found himself. Democrats are charging that Mitt was still chairman and CEO of Bain Capital between 1999 and 2002, when the company was advising some of America's premier outsourcers...

By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER "If you've got a business -- you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen." -- Barack Obama, Roanoke, Va., July 13 WASHINGTON -- And who might that somebody else be? Government, says Obama. It built the roads you drive on. It provided the teacher who inspired you. It "created the Internet." It represents the embodiment of "we're in this together" social solidarity that, in Obama's view, is the essential origin of individual and national achievement...

By BILL O'REILLY Really, I don't know why so many people are annoyed with President Obama for saying that personal success is almost always a product of our system in America, with the benevolent federal government leading the way. Certainly, that's true, and I will attempt to prove it based on a brand-new investigation of very successful folks...

Sign of the times Many may see in that one community a little further to our east that recently had to drop all of their city employees down to minimum wage as kind of a telling, sign of the times, shall we say. And, it may be coming soon to a community near you. ...

Together with their families, Sara Lawson and Benjamin Brumitt, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., announce their engagement. Lawson is the daughter of John Del Lawson, of Poplar Bluff, the late Dede Lawson. Brumitt is the son of Dr. Tom and Cathy Brumitt of Cape Girardeau, Mo...

Stacey Adonia Thatch of Poplar Bluff, Mo., and Eric Lamont Grays of Kennett, Mo., were married at 3 p.m., Saturday, June 9, 2012, at the Mt. Calvary Powerhouse Church in Poplar Bluff. Bishop Ronnie Webb performed the double-ring ceremony. The parents of the bride are Dianne Tillman of Poplar Bluff and Ricky and Vicky Barnes of Parma, Mo...

The University of Missouri -- Columbia has released the list of 2012 graduates. Included from the Poplar Bluff area are: Broseley: Melissa Ann Dockery, Bachelor of Health Science, Health Science - BHS Poplar Bluff: Asim Karim Choudhary, Bachelor of Science, Biological Sciences-BS, University Honors; Natalie Anne Duncan, Doctor of Physical Therapy, Physical Therapy-DPT; Vanessa Kay Emmons, Bachelor of General Studies, General Studies-BGS; Whitney Marie Hampton, Juris Doctor, Law-JD, Graduate Certificate, Dispute Resolution - GRCT; Tonya Lee McClain, Master of Science, Nursing-MS with an emphasis in Pediatric Nurse Practitioner; Kayla Michelle Miller, Bachelor of Journalism, Journalism-BJ with an emphasis in Magazine Journalism, Certificate, Multicultural Studies-CRT; Perry David Salyer, Bachelor of General Studies, General Studies-BGS; Benjamin Asa Wyatt, Bachelor of Science in Biological Engineering, Biological Engineering-BSBE. ...

The Miss Heartland Pageant will be held on the Glennonville picnic grounds, Saturday, July 28. The following age groups and times for the respective pageants: 0-11 mos., Baby Miss, 9 a.m.; 12-23 months, Toddler Miss, 9:30 a.m.; 2-4 years, Petite Miss, 10:15 a.m.; 5-7 years., Little Miss, 10:45 a.m.; 8-11 years., Pre-teen Miss, 1 p.m.; 12-14 years, Junior Miss, 1:45 p.m.; and 15-18 years, Miss Heartland, 2:30 p.m...

Michelle Darlene Laxton and Ryan Lee Maddox, both of Poplar Bluff, Mo., were married in a beach side ceremony on Thursday, May 3, 2012, at Signature Beach Resort in Destin, Fla. Rev. Frank Lynch performed the double-ring ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Debbie White of Ellsinore, Mo...

Emily Amethyst Hope Reed of Naylor, Mo., and Brandon Heath Conley of Bay City, Mich., were married at 2 p.m., Saturday, June 16, 2012, in the Naylor Pentecostal Church, Naylor. Pastor Donnie Fowler and Rev. Mike Wood performed the double-ring ceremony...

David Bearden MALDEN, Mo. ­-- David Wayne Bearden, 47, of Arnold, Mo., died Friday, July 20, 2012, at his residence. Mr. Bearden was born Sept. 29, 1964, in Malden, Mo. Surviving are two sisters, Linda Moretto of Chamois, Mo., and Sharon Knuckles of Arnold; and one brother, Gorden Smith of Fenton, Mo...

Virginia Cossey DEXTER, Mo. -- Virginia Cossey, 71, of Dexter, Mo., died Friday, July 20, 2012, at her home. Mrs. Cossey was born May 23, 1941, in Bloomfield, Mo. She was a homemaker and worked for a short period as a nurse assistant. She was a member of the Living Water Worship Center in Bloomfield...

Marie Ellis Marie Laura Ellis, 84, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Friday, July 20, 2012, peacefully at her home after a long illness. Mrs. Ellis was born Marie Laura Krapf on Sept. 3, 1927, in Glennonville, Mo. Her parents Gospert and Anna Krapf preceded her in death...

Mary Lou Bearden MALDEN, Mo. -- Mary Lou Hampton Bearden, 83, of Malden, Mo., died Thursday, July 19, 2012, in St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Mrs. Bearden was born Dec. 21, 1928, in North Little Rock, Ark. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Malden...

Betty Jo Hartwell QULIN, Mo. -- Betty Jo Fowler Hartwell, 77, of Qulin, Mo., died Saturday, July 21, 2012, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Hartwell was born Sept. 24, 1934. She was a homemaker and she enjoyed golf, playing piano, traveling and spending time with her family. She attended Osborn General Baptist Church...

An introductory training class on the popular QuickBooks accounting software will be offered by University of Missouri Extension on Saturday, July 28. The class will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and will be held in the computer lab at Clearwater High School in Piedmont...

Allene Crawford NEELYVILLE, Mo. -- Allene Crawford, 91, of Eureka, Mo., died Friday, July 20, 2012, at Marymount Manor in Eureka. Mrs. Crawford was born March 29, 1921, in Big Sandy, Tenn. She formerly lived in Neelyville, Mo., and was of the Baptist faith...

Jewel Wilson DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Jewel Martin Wilson, 88, Kennett, Mo., died Saturday, July 21, 2012, at Heritage Nursing Home in Kennett. The daughter of the Frank and Allie Mims Martin, she was born Sept. 1, 1923 in Holcomb, Mo. She was a homemaker and enjoyed gardening both vegetables and flowers, cooking, and canning. She was a member of the Pilgrim's Rest Church in Fairdealing, Mo...

Landon and Hayley Benson of Puxico, Mo., have chosen the name Laney Roxanne Benson for their 8-pound daughter who was born Tuesday, June 5, 2012, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Mo. She as 20.5 inches long She has an older sister, Landry Jean Benson...

Virginia Cossey - Dexter, Mo. Mary Lou Bearden - Malden, Mo. David Bearden - Arnold, Mo. Allene Crawford - Eureka, Mo. Jewel Wilsom - Kennett, Mo. Marie Ellis -Poplar Bluff, Mo. Betty Jo Hartwell - Qulin, Mo.

Mary Drum and Lorin Hornbeak announce the engagement of their daughter, Lorna Paige Hornbeak to Thomas Colten Levi Casey, all of Poplar Bluff, Mo. Casey is the son of Thomas and LaDonna Casey, also of Poplar Bluff. The bride-to-be is a 2011 graduate of Poplar Bluff High School and is a cosmetologist employed by the hair salon at J. C. Penney's...

Helen Kearbey holds the bat high, her hands back, batting from the left side of the plate on a hot summer twilight at McLane Park. Her smooth swing connects, sending a sharp grounder that the second baseman barely knocks down with an extended glove. Kearbey gets down the line in a hurry and to first base just as a rushed, off-balanced throw misses the mark. As a run scores, Kearbey trots into second base...

Producers are urged to report crop losses resulting from a weather-related disaster event within 15 days of the disaster or when the loss first becomes apparent, this includes crops covered by crop insurance, the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) and crops without insurance coverage, said Aaron Sandlin, Butler County USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) executive director...

By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN Mitt Romney is today the beneficiary of some desperate counsel from alarmed Republicans on how to escape the snare in which he has found himself. Democrats are charging that Mitt was still chairman and CEO of Bain Capital between 1999 and 2002, when the company was advising some of America's premier outsourcers...

By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER "If you've got a business -- you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen." -- Barack Obama, Roanoke, Va., July 13 WASHINGTON -- And who might that somebody else be? Government, says Obama. It built the roads you drive on. It provided the teacher who inspired you. It "created the Internet." It represents the embodiment of "we're in this together" social solidarity that, in Obama's view, is the essential origin of individual and national achievement...

Stacey Adonia Thatch of Poplar Bluff, Mo., and Eric Lamont Grays of Kennett, Mo., were married at 3 p.m., Saturday, June 9, 2012, at the Mt. Calvary Powerhouse Church in Poplar Bluff. Bishop Ronnie Webb performed the double-ring ceremony. The parents of the bride are Dianne Tillman of Poplar Bluff and Ricky and Vicky Barnes of Parma, Mo...

Emily Amethyst Hope Reed of Naylor, Mo., and Brandon Heath Conley of Bay City, Mich., were married at 2 p.m., Saturday, June 16, 2012, in the Naylor Pentecostal Church, Naylor. Pastor Donnie Fowler and Rev. Mike Wood performed the double-ring ceremony...

Mary Lou Bearden MALDEN, Mo. -- Mary Lou Hampton Bearden, 83, of Malden, Mo., died Thursday, July 19, 2012, in St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Mrs. Bearden was born Dec. 21, 1928, in North Little Rock, Ark. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Malden...

Producers are urged to report crop losses resulting from a weather-related disaster event within 15 days of the disaster or when the loss first becomes apparent, this includes crops covered by crop insurance, the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) and crops without insurance coverage, said Aaron Sandlin, Butler County USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) executive director...

Producers are urged to report crop losses resulting from a weather-related disaster event within 15 days of the disaster or when the loss first becomes apparent, this includes crops covered by crop insurance, the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) and crops without insurance coverage, said Aaron Sandlin, Butler County USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) executive director...

Producers are urged to report crop losses resulting from a weather-related disaster event within 15 days of the disaster or when the loss first becomes apparent, this includes crops covered by crop insurance, the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) and crops without insurance coverage, said Aaron Sandlin, Butler County USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) executive director...

Producers are urged to report crop losses resulting from a weather-related disaster event within 15 days of the disaster or when the loss first becomes apparent, this includes crops covered by crop insurance, the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) and crops without insurance coverage, said Aaron Sandlin, Butler County USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) executive director...

Producers are urged to report crop losses resulting from a weather-related disaster event within 15 days of the disaster or when the loss first becomes apparent, this includes crops covered by crop insurance, the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) and crops without insurance coverage, said Aaron Sandlin, Butler County USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) executive director...

Producers are urged to report crop losses resulting from a weather-related disaster event within 15 days of the disaster or when the loss first becomes apparent, this includes crops covered by crop insurance, the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) and crops without insurance coverage, said Aaron Sandlin, Butler County USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) executive director...

Producers are urged to report crop losses resulting from a weather-related disaster event within 15 days of the disaster or when the loss first becomes apparent, this includes crops covered by crop insurance, the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) and crops without insurance coverage, said Aaron Sandlin, Butler County USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) executive director...

Producers are urged to report crop losses resulting from a weather-related disaster event within 15 days of the disaster or when the loss first becomes apparent, this includes crops covered by crop insurance, the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) and crops without insurance coverage, said Aaron Sandlin, Butler County USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) executive director...

Producers are urged to report crop losses resulting from a weather-related disaster event within 15 days of the disaster or when the loss first becomes apparent, this includes crops covered by crop insurance, the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) and crops without insurance coverage, said Aaron Sandlin, Butler County USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) executive director...

Producers are urged to report crop losses resulting from a weather-related disaster event within 15 days of the disaster or when the loss first becomes apparent, this includes crops covered by crop insurance, the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) and crops without insurance coverage, said Aaron Sandlin, Butler County USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) executive director...

Producers are urged to report crop losses resulting from a weather-related disaster event within 15 days of the disaster or when the loss first becomes apparent, this includes crops covered by crop insurance, the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) and crops without insurance coverage, said Aaron Sandlin, Butler County USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) executive director...

Producers are urged to report crop losses resulting from a weather-related disaster event within 15 days of the disaster or when the loss first becomes apparent, this includes crops covered by crop insurance, the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) and crops without insurance coverage, said Aaron Sandlin, Butler County USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) executive director...

Producers are urged to report crop losses resulting from a weather-related disaster event within 15 days of the disaster or when the loss first becomes apparent, this includes crops covered by crop insurance, the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) and crops without insurance coverage, said Aaron Sandlin, Butler County USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) executive director...