Stories from Monday, November 19, 2012

The 5th and 6th Grade Center has named its students of the month for October. Kaylee Nicole Cheek, fifth grade, daughter of Jody and Jennifer Cheek, always has been on the A honor roll and won a music, communication arts, writing and math award. She likes to play soccer and softball and enjoys honor choir...

By SHARON RANDALL Scripps Howard News Service There's been a lot of talk in the wake of the election about how "divided" we are as a nation and all the ways that we are different. Bear with me, if you will. I want to talk about some of the ways that we're the same...

O'Neal Elementary School announces the "A" and "B" Honor rolls for the first quarter. A Honor Roll Second Grade: Hunter Apodaca, Jarryn Anderson, Rylan Bell, Aliyah Bounds, Abigail Buckelew, Julia Chambliss, Rebecca Cluck, Benjamin Colclasure, Tony Curnutt, Braden Davis, Kyler Deaton, Maraih DeShaney, Keith Donnell, Bralin Duckett, David Durbin, Madison Faith, D. ...

To Editor: The committee from Bluff City Eagles 3730 wishes to express their gratitude to the individuals and merchants who so generously donated to the Pat Gaddis benefit. The benefit was a huge success and we could not have done this without the help of those donors: Hart's Fish, It's Your Hair, Coors Light Beer, Luecke Distributing, Huddle House, Extreme Image, Boycom, Miller beer, Gates' Rubber, Gina's Closet, Merriman Pest Control, Earl's Diner, Strawberry's Restaurant, Don Harris Towing, Lee Mechanical (Scott Lazalier), Kabela's Sports, Branding Iron, Greg's Auto Sales, Superior Tanning (Jamie Lewis), Don't Restaurant, Bluff Custom Muffler, American Legion Post 153 (Sons of Legionnaires), Eagles 3730 (Aerie and Auxiliary), Hyde's Fish House, John Deere, Orscheln's, Meek's Hardware, Home Depot, Whitworth's Jewelry, Ashley's Furniture, Baldwin Ford, Ideal Discount Bread, 1st Community Bank, Newman's Amusement, and Ila Taylor, beauty consultant. ...

Russell Savat of Poplar Bluff, Mo., and Teresa McKinney Savat of Corning, Ark., announce the engagement of their daughter, Kathryn C. Savat to Alex Jordan Clark, both of Poplar Bluff. Clark is the son of Mitchell and Sandra Clark of Poplar Bluff. The bride-to-be is a 2006 graduate of Poplar Bluff High School. ...

Missouri's Silver-haired Legislature met in Jefferson City, Mo., recently for three days to determine top five priorities for presenting to the 2013 General Assembly. After considering some 20 bills during their session, the following five received the most votes: 1) Completely restore the AAA Funding for Meals program; 2) Increase funding for Medicaid Meals program; 3) Silver alert system for endangered adults; 4) Raise the asset level for Missouri Health Net (Medicaid); and 5) Stronger rules for pay day loans.. ...

By GEORGE F. WILL WASHINGTON -- There can be unseemly exposure of the mind as well as of the body, as the progressive mind is exposed in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a creature of the labyrinthine Dodd-Frank legislation. Judicial dismantling of the CFPB would affirm the rule of law and Congress' constitutional role...