Stories from Tuesday, January 27, 2015

By PAT PRATT Staff Writer The Van Buren Youth and Community Center will host a concert Feb. 7 to raise funds for the facility, now facing a financial crunch after the loss of a grant and an outlay of reserves for everyday expenses. Doors will open at 5 p.m. for an evening of local blues musicians and food at the center located near the intersection of US 60 and State Route D...

By SAVANNA MAUE SEMO News Service Enrollment has increased once again at Southeast Missouri State University, and it's because of a higher number of high-school students getting their diplomas. The number of students staying enrolled in high school is up 24.4 percent, according to a news release from the university. The university credits the increased high-school numbers, and therefore higher college enrollment numbers, to a dual-credit program available to students...

By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer More money could soon be headed to a Michigan company that has already received nearly $2 million in government contracts from the city of Poplar Bluff -- without ever going through a competitive bid process. The city expects to spend almost $280,000 on additional technology equipment to purchase software product licenses, servers and equipment for police vehicles, among other items, according to city council documents released Friday...

What's next with the city? I was just calling about this article in the paper, "Speakout: The City Should Pay the Utilities Fund." When I owe money, I have to pay the money back plus interest. Why does the city think they don't? And why are we putting up a tree board? What's next? You're going to have to have a license to shovel snow, or cut your trees down, or fix your gutters or what? How far can the city go? It almost sounds like communism...

By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN Following the Charlie Hebdo massacre, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said that France "is at war with terrorism, jihadism and radical Islamism." This tells us what France is fighting against. But what is France fighting for in this war on terror? For terrorism is simply a tactic, and arguably the most effective tactic of the national liberation movements of the 20th century...

By GEORGE F. WILL WASHINGTON -- America's national character will have to be changed if progressives are going to implement their agenda. So, changing social norms is the progressive agenda. To understand how far this has advanced, and how difficult it will be to reverse the inculcation of dependency, consider the data Nicholas Eberstadt deploys in National Affairs quarterly:...

On Jan. 14, the Cane Creek Community Club met at the Twin Towers with Marie Boxx as hostess. President Nancy Wujcik called the meeting to order at 11 a.m. After reciting the "Pledge of Allegiance" to the American flag, roll call was answered with a "household hint." There were seven members present...

Twin Rivers-Fisk Honor and Merit Rolls for the 2nd Quarter: 8th Grade Honor Roll Brittney Bennett, Blake Bleem, Breanna Foulk, Sarah Inman, Garrett Ratley, Joseph Wright Merit Roll Jacob Conner, Jacob Douglas, J.J. Ellsworth, Hannah Fox, Randi Hager, Zachary Hargraves, Raven King, Hunter McClure, Jaiden McCullough, Bailey Moore, Brody Moore, Chelsie Moore, Sean Parker, Kayla Rizzuto, Emmy Roberts, Jessica Stevenson...

Kim Rene Rudd Hardin Kim Rene Rudd Hardin, 57, of Poplar Bluff, died Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015. Visitation will be at noon on Wednesday and a memorial service will follow at 1 p.m. at North Point Nazarene Church. A complete obituary will run in the Tuesday edition of the Daily American Republic...

Mississippi College School of Law, in Jackson, Miss., announces Luke Henson of Poplar Bluff recently was awarded the Amjur/Best Paper award in Secured Transactions, White Collar Crime and Business Fraud, Pre-Trial Practice, and Expert Witness Seminar. ...

Martha Palmer DEXTER, Mo.-- Martha Mae Palmer, 87, of Dexter, died Friday, Jan. 23, 2015, at the Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Steve Tippen officiating. Burial will be in the Dexter Cemetery...

Evan Holley of Poplar Bluff graduated from Webster University in December, university officials announced. Holley graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in media communications on Dec. 19.

Dale Wooten DEXTER, Mo.-- Dale Wooten, 75, of Dexter, died Friday, Jan. 23, 2015, at his residence. Visitation will be from noon to 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Lighthouse Christian Center in Dexter. A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Lighthouse Christian Center with the Rev. Tim Russell officiating. Burial will follow in the Dexter Cemetery...

To the Editor, Thank you for front page respect in (a recent) Sunday's edition! Please don't tell those who are anti-america what each fold of the flag given to families of fallen servicepersons represents!! They'll want to take that away from us too!...

The trophy is nearly as big as some of the girls. The Poplar Bluff Junior High cheerleading team completed a perfect season that started in May with a national championship last Sunday in the National Cheerleaders Association's Open National Championship in St. Charles...

ELLSINORE -- The No. 2 Ellington Whippets took the state-ranked and No. 1-seeded South Iron Panthers to overtime in the Black River League Tournament championship Saturday night. Ellington junior Shaun Chilton just missed a 3-point attempt from the corner with the game tied at 48 which sent the game to an extra four minutes...