Stories from Thursday, August 29, 2013

By SARABETH WALLER Staff Writer The Neelyville R-IV school board has approved seeking Qualified Zone Academy Bonds to help pay for its portion of a Federal Emergency Management Agency tornado safe room grant, as well as other improvements. The FEMA grant will provide 75 percent of about $1.3 million toward a 5,8000-square foot tornado safe room at the Neelyville campus. ...

By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Target Corp. became the latest in a string of companies that have lowered their business expectations as they contend with an uncertain economy. The cheap chic retailer muted its annual profit forecast after reporting a 13 percent drop in second-quarter profit as its expansion into Canada -- its first foray outside the U.S.-- has proven more challenging than it expected...

By KEN SWEET AP Markets Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- It's time for U.S. investors to revisit Europe. Last summer, much of the continent was mired in recession and the euro currency looked like a failed experiment. Now, Europe is healing. The 17 countries that use the euro posted economic growth of 0.3 percent from April to June compared with the previous quarter, the first expansion since late 2011. ...

By BREE FOWLER AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Kodak doesn't look a whole lot like it did when it filed for bankruptcy protection last year, but its executives and investors are hoping for a picture-perfect future. Many of its products and services are gone, including the camera-making business that made it famous more than a century ago. Also gone are scores of workers, manufacturing facilities, supply contracts and millions of dollars in investments...

By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- The worst may be over at J.C. Penney Co. The beleaguered department store chain on Tuesday reported its sixth straight quarter of big losses and steep revenue drops as it continued to face challenges related to a botched turnaround plan spearheaded by its ousted CEO Ron Johnson...

By MIKE JENSEN Publisher Sikeston Standard Democrat No one could address the issue of race in this country as well as our President. And yet, he remains largely silent. The President was quick to respond to the Cambridge police officer controversy and even quicker to respond to the Trayvon Martin episode in Florida...

A recent Record Page item reported the arrest of a Lisa K. Reynolds of Poplar Bluff, Mo., on suspicion of shoplifting. She is not to be confused with Lisa M. Reynolds, a local insurance agent.

The Poplar Bluff Chamber of Commerce, University of Missouri Extension Center, Ozark Regional Foothills Planning Commission and Missouri Procurement Technical Assistance Centers (PTAC) joined with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) in sponsoring a conference to teach Hubzone business owners how to win government contracts to build roads in northern Arkansas and southern Missouri...

U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt will stop at Tracy Edington's Money Mizer Gas Station at 515 E. Pine St. at 10 a.m. Thursday. Blunt will discuss and promote his Gas Accessibility and Stabilization (GAS) Act, according to Eddy Justice, chairman of the Butler County Republican Central Committee and the Congressional District 8 Republican Committee...

By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN "Congress doesn't have a whole lot of core responsibilities," said Barack Obama last week in an astonishing remark. For in the Constitution, Congress appears as the first branch of government. And among its enumerated powers are the power to tax, coin money, create courts, provide for the common defense, raise and support an army, maintain a navy and declare war...

Lewis Board FISK, Mo. -- Lewis C. Board, 74, of St. Charles, Ill., died Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013, at his residence after a lengthy illness. Lewis was born Sept. 10, 1939, in Fisk to Curtis and Ollie Board. He was the founder and owner of House Speciality Pest Control in St. Charles. He enjoyed having parties with friends, family and loud Al Green's music. He visited Fisk often and enjoyed meeting his many friends...

By MONA CHAREN It's ironic that President Obama so often carps about politics -- blaming "politics as usual" or "hyperpartisanship" for everything from the lack of economic growth to joblessness to climate change -- when he is the most relentlessly partisan president in recent memory. ...

Library, PBJHS partner More than 500 Poplar Bluff Junior High students took advantage of the public library's sign-up offered during laptop deployment prior to the first day of school. Poplar Bluff Public Library is the district's first partner to establish a Wi-Fi 'hot spot,' providing students free Internet access in the evenings and on the weekends, according to a press release...

DEXTER -- The new-look Dexter Bearcats plan to air out the pigskin this season. New head coach Justin Peden has installed a new spread offense that will be run by new student Peyton Pollack, who started at quarterback for 2-9 Crystal City last season...

The Butler County Fire Protection District donated a fire truck to the fire science program at Three Rivers College. The pumper truck will be used as a training device. "We're grateful to the Butler County Fire Protection District and Board of Directors for their generous donation," Dr. ...

The Sixth Annual Ozark Family Resource Agency Costume Ball and Murder Mystery Dinner Theater will be held at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11, at the Poplar Bluff Historic Train Depot. Ticket Prices will be $75 per couple or $40 for individual tickets. Prices include dinner and drinks. Contact OFRA for tickets at 573-996-2648 or ofra@ofra.org...

Head coach: Justin Peden...

Tuesday, Aug. 27 Mega Millions: 04-07-30-36-38 Mega Ball: 38 Megaplier: 4 Next jackpot: $77 million Pick 3 Evening: 7-7-9 Pick 3 Midday: 3-4-2 Pick 4 Evening: 7-3-8-0 Pick 4 Midday: 3-0-1-6 Show Me Cash: 16-24-34-36-38 Next jackpot: $50,000...

Reynolds arrest name confusion A recent Record Page item reported the arrest of a Lisa K. Reynolds of Poplar Bluff, Mo., on suspicion of shoplifting. She is not to be confused with Lisa M. Reynolds, a local insurance agent.

Lewis Board FISK, Mo. -- Lewis C. Board, 74, of St. Charles, Ill., died Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013, at his residence after a lengthy illness. Lewis was born Sept. 10, 1939, in Fisk to Curtis and Ollie Board. He was the founder and owner of House Speciality Pest Control in St. Charles. He enjoyed having parties with friends, family and loud Al Green's music. He visited Fisk often and enjoyed meeting his many friends...

William Crider William R. Crider, 82, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013, at The Manor. Arrangements are pending with Cotrell Funeral Service in Poplar Bluff.

Beulah Jarrell DEXTER, Mo. -- Beulah Jarrell, 89, of Bloomfield, Mo., died at the Golden Living Center in Bloomfield Monday, Aug. 26, 2013. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Watkins & Sons Funeral Home in Dexter. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Watkins & Sons Chapel in Dexter with Bro. David Lemmons of Calvert City, Ky. and Bro. Stan Dauck of Bernie, Mo. officiating...

Sen. Blunt to visit P. B. Thurs. U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt will stop at Tracy Edington's Money Mizer Gas Station at 515 E. Pine St. at 10 a.m. Thursday. Blunt will discuss and promote his Gas Accessibility and Stabilization (GAS) Act, according to Eddy Justice, chairman of the Butler County Republican Central Committee and the Congressional District 8 Republican Committee...

Ava Jewell Grubb VAN BUREN, Mo., -- Ava Jewell Grubb, 84, of Van Buren, Mo. died Monday, Aug. 26, 2013 in The Manor Nursing Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Visitation will be at 6 p.m. Friday in the McSpadden Funeral Home in Van Buren. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Mount Zion Church of God of Prophecy in Van Buren with Elder Dale Fish officiating. Burial will be in the Good Hope Cemetery in Grandin, Mo...

With a new coach and more than half of the starting lineup needing to be replaced, the Poplar Bluff girls tennis team is in rebuilding mode. "We have a lot of freshmen and sophomores, a lot of beginners this year -- four who never played tennis," first-year coach Nicole Duncan said. "It will be a rebuilding year for us."...

By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer Poplar Bluff school long range planning committees believe a plan to move high school grades to the current 5th & 6th Grade Center would best suit the district's future needs, which includes growth in student population...