Stories from Friday, November 14, 2014

By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor Assault charges are being sought against four Poplar Bluff High School soccer players who allegedly assaulted another student last week by throwing a liquid-filled bottle at him as he was walking toward Bacon Park as he walking from the high school...

Holiday meals don't have to ruin your diet. Did you know that some holiday meals can run as high as 5,000 calories per day? So what can a person do to cut calories and still serve a delicious meal? Do a simple makeover and lighten the meals and keep the good taste...

Pearl Boggs VAN BUREN, Mo.-- Pearl Elaine Boggs, 89, of Van Buren, formerly of Ellington, Mo., died Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014. Visitation will be at 6 p.m. Friday at the McSpadden Funeral Home in Van Buren. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in the funeral home chapel with Rev. Don Forester officiating. Burial to be held at 10 a.m. Monday at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield, Mo...

Qulin Center catfish dinner is Nov. 21 The Qulin Nutrition Center will host a catfish dinner Friday, Nov. 21. Carryouts will be available at 10:30 a.m. Orders may be taken for carryout by phone. The telephone number is 328-4406. Dining-in service will being at 11:30 a.m...

LaCinda Ann and Matthew Terril Wood of McGee, Mo., have chosen the name Jonah Terril Wood for their 9-pound, 11-ounce son born Thursday, Nov. 6, 2014, at Saint Francis Medical Center's Family BirthPlace in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Jonah was 21 3/4 inches long...

Sandra Little Sandra Jean Little, 68, of Neelyville, Mo., died Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014 in Neelyville. No services are scheduled at this time. Arrangements by Fowler-Sullivan Memorial Chapel.

William Massey BLOOMFIELD, Mo.-- William C. "Bill" Massey, 86, of Bloomfield, died Tuesday Nov. 11, 2014, at his residence. Vistation will be from 6 to 8:30 p.m. today at the Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home in Bloomfield. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday in the funeral home chapel with Rev. Alice Fowler of Bloomfield officiating. Burial with be in the Walker Cemetery in Bloomfield...

Vivian Downs GREENWOOD, Miss.-- Vivian Jones Rayburn Downs, 87, of Leflore County, Miss., died on Friday, Oct. 24, 201,4 at Riverview Nursing Home. Visitation was held on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014 at Williams & Lord Funeral Home in Greenwood. Rev. Bernard Wiggins officiated the services. Burial was in Greenwood Memorial Park...

Music Tech Day at TRC Three Rivers College's Music Department is hosting its annual Music Technology Day today in the Tinnin Fine Arts Center on the college's Poplar Bluff campus. The event will feature a day of music technology master classes for college, high school and junior high music students, followed by an evening concert by area jazz groups...

To the Editor: I'm fairly confident that few people know of the efforts of a 75-year-old man who, almost single-handedly, has taken on a project to build a pavilion complete even with bathrooms and cooking facilities in north Poplar Bluff. He has had very little help and has done almost all of the work himself -- even through the hottest months of the past summer -- and largely, at his own expense!...

Three Rivers board agenda The Three Rivers Board of Trustees will meet at noon Wednesday in the board room in the Tinnin Fine Arts Center. Agenda items include financial reports, the president's report, adoption of annual audit, approval of new mission statement and personnel matters...

To the Editor: Recently at Rombauer GBC we had our annual Fall Harvest Festival and we could not have done it without the partnerships from some very special businesses here in town and we just wanted to say thank you to them! 1st Community Bank, Raben Tire, LeGrand Feed, Hays Music, La Boutique, S-N-T Taxidermy, Tattered Soul Tattoo, Triggers, Rednecks Racks and Reels, Black Belt Academy, Exotic Grill, Tan-N-Time, Steak-N-Shake, Millie's, Gamblin Lumber, Payless, Richard's Road Ware, Bill & Gene's, Black River Beauty Academy, Stihl, Tool-O-Rama, Commerce Bank, Royal Oak Enterprises, Ideal Bread, Mo-Ark Meats, Colton's, Countryside Flowers, Construction Trailer Specialists, Earl's Diner, Bella Sera, Baker Implement, Gray Feed Store, Las Margaritas/Maya's, The Bread Company, Plaza Tire Service and Pepsi!. ...

By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN The New South -- Black and Conservative In 1956, 19 Democratic Senators and 82 Democratic House members signed a Southern Manifesto pledging to resist the integration of Southern public schools as ordered by Earl Warren's Supreme Court...

By GEORGE F. WILL WASHINGTON -- Now that two of the last three Democratic presidencies have been emphatically judged to have been failures, the world's oldest political party -- the primary architect of this nation's administrative state -- has some thinking to do. ...

Virgil Clubb GREENVILLE, Mo.--Virgil M. Clubb, 94, of Greenville, passed away Monday, Nov. 10, 2014, at Poplar Bluff, Mo. Virgil was born Oct. 8, 1920 in Kime, Mo. to Clarence M. Clubb and Sarah M. Allen Clubb, who preceded him in death. On June 3, 1951 Virgil married Mary Myrtle Irene Frazier in Lowndes Mo., and to this union three children were born...

MALDEN -- Omar Bailey had the jersey. He was there nearly every week on the sideline. But it wasn't until his senior season that the biggest kid in the Malden Green Wave football program saw extensive action on the field. In his early years, Bailey, who is now 315 pounds and 6-foot-3, was there for moral support to his teammates. Sometimes he had a towel to wave to get the fans in the game. But most of the time he was viewed as a case of what are the Green Wave missing out on here?...

MALDEN -- The Green Wave haven't been accustomed to life on the road over the past six weeks. After playing four consecutive home games, five of the last six at "The Swamp" and the lone road game being just a short trip down the road to Kennett, Malden will travel to Cardinal Ritter in St. Louis for the MSHSAA Class 2 quarterfinals at 7 p.m. Friday...

The Butler County Genealogy Society met Oct. 23 at the First United Methodist Church. The monthly meeting was attended by 21 members and guests. President June Allen conducted the business meeting. Secretary and treasurer's reports were approved. A committee in charge of purchasing items for the Butler County Archives also gave its report. The society has purchased three book carts and a book press to be donated to the archives...

Rosie Sullivan Rosie M. Sullivan, 88, of Poplar Bluff, Mo. died Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2014 at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau, Mo. She was born Aug. 30, 1926 in St. Louis, Mo. Rosie was a long time resident of Poplar Bluff. She was of the Lutheran faith...

Virgil Clubb GREENVILLE, Mo.--Virgil M. Clubb, 94, of Greenville, passed away Monday, Nov. 10, 2014, at Poplar Bluff, Mo. Virgil was born Oct. 8, 1920 in Kime, Mo. to Clarence M. Clubb and Sarah M. Allen Clubb, who preceded him in death. On June 3, 1951 Virgil married Mary Myrtle Irene Frazier in Lowndes Mo., and to this union three children were born...

James Murrell PEORIA, Ill.-- James Harvey Murrell, 85, of Foley, Ala., formerly of Washington, passed away at 11:55 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, 2014, at South Baldwin Regional Medical Center. James was born July 28, 1929 in Naylor, Mo., the son of Novie Chester and Nellie Irene Thompson Murrell. He married Alice Susan Davis in Clay County, Ark., on Dec. 23, 1952. She preceded him in death on January 17, 2007 in Peoria. He later married Brandee Coon on Aug. 3, 2013 in Metamora, Ill. She survives...

The American Legion Department of Missouri Boy Scouts Committee announced the Eagle Scout of the Year Program for 2015 is underway. The program at the national level grants the winners a $10,000 college scholarship and three other Eagle Scouts each receive a $2,500 college scholarship. The Eagle Scout who wins the competition from Missouri will receive a $500 college scholarship...

Jimmie E. Shular DEKALB, Ill.--Jimmie E. Shular, 82, of DeKalb, died Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014, at Neighbors Rehab Center, Byron, Ill. Jimmie was born June 5, 1932, in Poplar Bluff, Mo., the daughter of Gillie J. and Maudie L. (Richey) Chappell. She married Donald L. Shular May 25, 1960, in Reno, Nev...