Stories from Saturday, October 26, 2013

By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor GREENVILLE, Mo. -- Two Wayne County women pleaded guilty as charged to drug-related offenses Thursday. Both Tonya L. McKinney, 25, of Piedmont, Mo., and Katelyn M. Audrain, 23, of Wappapello, Mo., appeared before Associate Circuit Judge Randy Schuller and waived having preliminary hearings in their unrelated cases, according to Wayne County Prosecuting Attorney Robert Ramshur...

By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor ELLSINORE, Mo. -- Replacing the Highway F bridge in Reynolds County was selected as the top priority on the 2013-2014 priority list by the Ozark Foothills Regional Planning Commission Transportation Advisory Committee Thursday night...

By ALEX WEST Staff Writers The 2013 World Series match-up of the Boston Red Sox and the St. Louis Cardinals has baseball fans across the nation choosing between the Birds or the Beards. Thanks to a friendly phone call and challenge, Malden, Mo., now has a Massachusetts rival of its own...

Congressman Jason Smith and the Smith for Congress campaign have announced his campaign chairman, co-chairman and grassroots team of activists. State Rep. Todd Richardson (R-Poplar Bluff), who ran against Smith for the Eighth Congressional House seat, and Cape Girardeau community leader Doug Austin, will serve as campaign chairman and co-chairman of Smith for Congress. ...

Seniors need lower vet bills Yes, Speak Out. I have a question that I would like to have answered. When you get older and you lose your spouse and you go to your doctor and they tell you that you are depressed or something and they tell you that you need to get yourself an animal like a dog or a cat to keep you company which I did. ...

By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN After Sunday mass at Holy Trinity, the parents left their four boys in Georgetown to drive to Griffith Stadium to join 27,000 fans to watch "Slingin' Sammy" Baugh take on the Philadelphia Eagles. Already a legend, Baugh was the greatest football player of his era. Record-setting passer, runner, punter, place kicker, defensive back. Yet, not until the fourth quarter did Sammy throw for a pair of touchdowns to finish off the Eagles 20-14...

The Poplar Bluff Park Department will have a plant sale from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday in the swimming pool parking lot on North Second Street. "We have all kinds of healthy plants that need another home," said Angela White, the park department horticulturist. "We have been digging and dividing perennials."...

To the Editor: I have been heavily involved in gospel music for over 65 years and have more first hand knowledge about the subject than most. Therefore, after being maligned for my opinion, I decided to do some more research and found that it is not just my opinion, but the absolute facts. The so-called "Praise & Worship", "Contemporary Christian", "Rock-Gospel" and others of similar kind are NOT what they claim to be...

Our entitlements are like the weather: Everyone talks about them but no one does anything. The result in a few years might be the perfect storm that wipes away every vestige of fiscal sanity and leaves the government coffers as empty as the proverbial banker's heart...

Elks Lodge meat shoot in Sunday Poplar Bluff Elk's Lodge Meat Shoot will be held Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013, at the Elks Lodge. Target practice starts at noon with the meat shoot starting at 1 p.m. For more information, contact Vickie Spratt 573-429-4172...

Larry Blocher VAN BUREN, Mo. -- Larry Peter Blocher, 71, of Ellsinore, Mo., formerly of Topeka, Kan., died Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. A private graveside service will be held with McSpadden Funeral Home in charge of arrangements...

Harwell sale helps UCAN Judy Harwell died Aug. 5, 2013, of cancer, one year and a few days after the death of her husband, Clyde Harwell. Recently, the couple's daughter, Dora Burns, had a yard sale of the couple's household belongings that raised $460 for a memorial donation to the United Cancer Assistance Network. Household items that did not sell were donated to Mary Ann Allen, director of Haven House, a home for battered women and children...

By CAROLYN SMITH Staff Writer Over dessert and coffee Tuesday, Oct. 29, at 6 p.m., in the parish hall, Rev. Annette Joseph, pastor of The Episcopal Church of the Holy Cross, 420 N. Main Street, Poplar Bluff, Mo. and Evelyn Smith of St. Louis, Mo. will share experiences about their mission trip in August to Lui South Sudan. ...

VNA to open new PB office The Visiting Nurse Association of Southeast Missouri will celebrate its grand re-opening of the Poplar Bluff, Mo., office it new location at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6. The Greater Poplar Bluff Area Chamber of Commerce will perform a ribbon cutting. Refreshments will be served...

James Hollis James Hollis, 54, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Visitation will be from 10-11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013, at Cotrell Funeral Service in Poplar Bluff with funeral services starting at 11 a.m. Burial will follow at City Cemetery...

Vera Kinder Vera Milla Kinder, 85, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Friday, Oct. 25, 2013, at Oakdale Care Center in Poplar Bluff. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Sunday at Cotrell Funeral Chapel in Poplar Bluff. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the funeral home chapel...

Ellis Tipton FISK, Mo. -- Ellis Tipton, 79, of Wappapello, Mo., died Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013, at his residence. Mr. Ellis was born Nov. 11, 1933, at Bernie, Mo. He was the son of the late Thomas and Nora Tipton. He retired from General Motors in Wentzville, Mo. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, gardening and traveling...

Joyce Wilson Joyce Ann Wilson, 87, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013, at Phase II Cedargate in Poplar Bluff. Arrangements are pending with Cotrell Funeral Service.

Mary Gray MALDEN, Mo. -- Mary Alice Gray, 69, of Campbell, Mo., died Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Friday at Bradshaw Funeral Home in Malden. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home chapel. Burial will follow in Bethany Cemetery in Campbell...

Jimmy Ward NEELYVILLE, Mo. -- Jimmy Lyndel Wade Ward, 67, of Oxly, Mo., died Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013, at his home. Mr. Ward was born Sept. 2, 1946, in Fairdealing, Mo. He was a lifelong resident of the area and was of the Christian faith. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1966-1970 during the Vietnam War. He was a member of the VFW in Doniphan and the NRA...

Gary Tandski DEXTER, Mo. -- Gary Allen Tandski, 75, of Dexter died Sunday, Oct. 20, 2013, at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Visitation will be from 1-2:30 p.m. Monday at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter. Funeral services will follow at 2:30 p.m. at the funeral home chapel. Burial will follow in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield, Mo...

PIEDMONT -- Thursday night's meeting between Clearwater and Doniphan was one of those classic examples where the final score didn't indicate how well each team played. The Lady Tigers defended their home floor on Senior Night for a 25-22, 25-9 victory over the Donettes. But it wasn't smooth sailing for the Lady Tigers until the second set...

Louie Holmes Jr. DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Louie Holmes Jr., 78, died Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013, at the John J. Pershing VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Mr. Holmes, son of Louie and Pearl (Evetts) Holmes Sr., was born July 21, 1935, in Marion, Ill. ...