Stories from Wednesday, June 10, 2015

By PAT PRATT Staff Writer Members of the community raised more than $14,000 for the American Heart Association on Saturday through the Second Annual HeartChase event at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. "We are very happy with all the people that showed up and everybody's fundraising efforts. I don't know what we have tabulated yet, but I know we are well over $14,000 with our fundraising and contributions from our sponsors," said HeartChase Executive Chair Amber Christian...

By PAT PRATT Staff Writer As temperatures continue to climb this month, Poplar Bluff Police are advising they will take a "proactive" stance against pets being left in hot vehicles or not cared for at residences this summer. "When you have dogs and cats that are not being taken care of, my officers and I will take a proactive stance. If you are going to have them, you are going to take care of them or we are going to see what we can do about that," said Poplar Bluff Police Chief Danny Whiteley...

By SUZANNE THOMPSON SEMO News Service (EDITOR'S NOTE: Port Cape Girardeau Restaurant & Lounge was opened several years ago by Poplar Bluff native David Knight. At the time, Knight hired high school friend Dale Pruett. After Knight sold the restaurant several years ago to open Ole Hickory Pits, which makes and sells meat smokers that are sold nationwide, Pruett stayed on with the restaurant. ...

By PAT PRATT Staff Writer Two World War II veterans, who spent the majority of their lives one county away from each other and fought together in the same division from the Battle of the Bulge to the fall of the Third Reich, met for the first time last week in Greenville...

By PAT PRATT Staff Writer Poplar Bluff and surrounding areas have another choice on the FM dial as the area's newest public radio station officially hits the airwaves this week. KPBM is now broadcasting at 101.9 FM following a partial launch last Thursday. The station is a non-commercial, member supported media that aims to provide diverse, non-traditional programming managed by the Black River Public Radio Group...

By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor A "cop's cop," former sheriff Fred Armes is credited with working tirelessly to ensure the passage of a quarter-cent sales tax in 1993, which paid for the construction of the Butler County Justice Center and continues to fund the sheriff's department...

By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor Law enforcement personnel stepped up their presence over the weekend in the area around Brick's Off Road Park, where an estimated crowd of between 14,000 and 15,000 people partied at its Trucks Gone Wild event...

Three Rivers College has finalized an agreement with the Mingo Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center to provide transitional education courses to participants in the Job Corps career technical training program. "The Job Corps program does an outstanding job of serving low-income students throughout the nation, and the Mingo Center is no exception," said Dr. ...

By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN The culture war against Christianity is picking up speed. Last week came word Saint Louis University will remove a heroic-sized statue of Fr. Pierre-Jean De Smet S.J. from the front of Fusz Hall, where it has stood for 60 years...

By MICHELLE MALKIN A stellar group of American historians and academics released a milestone open letter yesterday in protest of deleterious changes to the advanced placement U.S. history (APUSH) exam. The signatories are bold intellectual bulwarks against increasing progressive attacks in the classroom on America's unique ideals and institutions...

Robert J. Boyers Robert J. Boyers, 94, of Poplar Bluff, died Sunday, June 7, 2015, at the John J. Pershing VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. Visitation will be at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Fowler-Sullivan Funeral Home in Poplar Bluff. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home chapel...

Jane Beckett CAMPBELL, Mo. -- Jane Beckett, 80, of Campbell, died Friday, June 5, 2015, at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. The visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the Landess Funeral Home in Campbell. The funeral will be at 9 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home chapel. Burial will be in the Bourbon City Cemetery in Bourbon, Mo. Landess Funeral Home in Campbell is in charge of arrangements...

Nola E. Quigley Nola E. Quigley, 94, of Poplar Bluff, died Thursday, June 4, 2015, at her residence. She was born April 7, 1921, in Butler County to the late Charles Mitchell and Pearl Thomas Mitchell. Nola was a life time resident of Butler County. She was of the Baptist faith...

Scott Peterson PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Scott Peterson, 65, of Patterson, died Monday, June 8, 2015, at the General Baptist Nursing Home in Campbell. Arrangements are pending with Morrison-Worley Funeral Chapel, Piedmont.

James O'Neal DEXTER, Mo. -- James Gregory O'Neal, 46, of Dexter, died Friday, June 5, 2015, at SoutheastHEALTH of Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from noon to 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter. The funeral will follow at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Steve Fitzpatrick officiating. Burial will follow in the Rock Hill Cemetery...

Areva Arnell Elliott FISK, Mo. -- Areva Arnell Elliott, 83, of Fisk, died Saturday, June 6, 2015, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. She was born Jan. 16, 1932, in Broseley. She lived in Fisk for most of her life and had lived in joy and safety at Westwood Hills Health Care for the past two years. She was a seamstress at Brenda's Alterations...

By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN Who rises if Assad falls? That question, which has bedeviled U.S. experts on the Middle East, may need updating to read: Who rises when Assad falls? For the war is going badly for Bashar Assad, whose family has ruled Syria since Richard Nixon was president...

Don't condemn Grand house I don't know who was the stupid woman on the City Council that was gonna put the house at 1538 N. Grand on the condemned list. She better check house that start up Grand Avenue before she starts condemning that house. It was in a lot better shape than some of those others down there. Thank you...

Floyd Ormsby Jr. DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Floyd C. Ormsby Jr., 81, of Florissant, died Saturday, June 6, 2015, at his residence. Visitation will begin at noon Thursday at the Edwards Funeral Home in Doniphan. The funeral service will follow at 2 p.m. Thursday in the funeral home chapel. Burial will be in the Center Hill Cemetery...

The 23rd annual Children's Theatre Drama Camp will be July 27-31 in Three Rivers College's Tinnin Fine Arts Center. This will be the first year that the drama camp is spearheaded by the Three Rivers College Theatre Department. "We're excited to be hosting this camp again and to be able to help continue this great tradition of fine arts education," said Tim Thompson, director of the Tinnin Fine Arts Center and one of the camp's instructors. ...

In 2014, members of the House Ways and Means Committee sent a letter to the Department of Justice calling for the criminal prosecution of former Internal Revenue Service Director of the Exempt Organizations Division Lois Lerner. Instead, the IRS worker who used her position to abuse conservative organizations was awarded bonuses of $129,000 and given a pension, all while in contempt of Congress. Taxpayers, of course, footed the bill...

Sandra Shope GREENVILLE, Mo. -- Sandra "Sandy" Shope, 50, of Greenville, died Monday, June 8, 2015, at her residence. Arrangements are pending with Ruegg Funeral Home, Greenville.

The Master Gardeners chose a new leader Tuesday for the Butler County Chapter that serves Butler, Carter, Ripley, Stoddard and Wayne counties. Carolyn Nichols Johnson of Dexter became president of the service organization. After receiving in-depth training from the University of Missouri Extension, Master Gardeners volunteer their time to share their knowledge and lead educational programs for school children and adults in their communities...

Arlene Washburn VAN BUREN, Mo. -- Arlene E. Washburn, 80, of Poplar Bluff, formerly of Fremont died Saturday, June 6, 2015, in Poplar Bluff. A funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at McSpadden Funeral Home in Van Buren. Burial to follow in the Freeman Cemetery in Fremont...

By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor An agreement between Three Rivers College and three universities, which allows students to complete their bachelor's degrees in Poplar Bluff, was signed Monday during a signing ceremony in the TRC board room. "This is a wonderful occasion. ...

Areva Arnell Elliott FISK, Mo. -- Areva Arnell Elliott, 83, of Fisk, died Saturday, June 6, 2015, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. She was born Jan. 16, 1932, in Broseley. She lived in Fisk for most of her life and had lived in joy and safety at Westwood Hills Health Care for the past two years. She was a seamstress at Brenda's Alterations...

Tyler Norton would wake up in the summer and go to football practice. After that ended, it was off the to golf course until he got tired. Go home, go to sleep, repeat. It's paid off. On Monday, the recent Poplar Bluff graduate signed his National Letter of Intent to play golf at Mineral Area College...

Carol Lee Lamunion DEXTER, Mo.--Carol Lee Lamunion, 73, formerly of Dexter, died Friday, June 5, 2015 at Willowcreek Rehab and Care Center in Belleville, Ill. Visitation will be from 9:30 - 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter. A memorial service will follow at 11 a.m. in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel with Rev. Tim Russell officiating...

Claude Neal Marshall SPRINGFIELD, Mo.--Claude Neal Marshall, 66, of Springfield, was called home to be with the Lord while surrounded by his family on Saturday, June 6, 2015 at his home in northwest Springfield. Born into humble beginnings in Broseley, in January 1949, the youngest son to William "Bud" and Nora Lee Marshall, Claude led a life based on love, dedication, and hard work. ...

James "Jimmy" Bernard Carter James "Jimmy" Bernard Carter, 74, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Friday, June 5, 2015, at his residence. Mr. Carter was born Sept. 1, 1940, in Carbondale, Ill., to the late Bernard and Aileen Rigdon Carter. On Feb. 14, 2003, he married Lynda Zalewski in Poplar Bluff. She survives...

Christian Beck and Sarah Ellis of Moberly have chosen the name Damien Jareth Beck for their 8-pound, 8-ounce son born at 2:51 a.m. Friday, May 22, 2015, at Boone Hospital Center in Columbia. Damien was 21 and 1/4 inches long. Grandparents are Joe and Lori Ellis of Hannibal and Bruce and Sharon Beck of Poplar Bluff...

George Washington Schrader MALDEN, Mo.--George Washington Schrader, 80, of Malden, Sunday, June 7, 2015, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. A graveside service will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Missouri Veterans' Cemetery in Bloomfield with Mr. Howard Winberry officiating. Burial will follow in the Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield. Landess Funeral Home in charge of arrangements...

Dot Temples Dorothy (Dot Crawford) Temples was born May 29, 1924 in Attica Ind., departed on April 11, 2015, in Sonora, Calif., where she moved to after the loss of her husband Leo Temples of Wappapello Mo. Her early years she lived in Kansas, later Florida, Southern California, Northern California, and Wappapello Mo.,...

Fred Armes Fred Armes, 84, of Poplar Bluff, died Monday, June 8, 2015, at Mark Twain Caring Center in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Armes was born May 23, 1931, in Poplar Bluff to the late Fred Joe and Thelma McIver Armes. He retired in 1980 as a law enforcement officer with the St. ...

Scott Peterson PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Scott Peterson, 65, of Patterson, died Monday, June 8, 2015, at the General Baptist Nursing Home in Campbell. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Friday at the Morrison-Worley Funeral Chapel in Piedmont. Burial will be held at a later date in the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, Ill.Memorials have been requested to be made to the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau...