Stories from Tuesday, November 28, 2017

QULIN, Mo. -- As Pat Ferrill stirred a large pot of beef stroganoff at 10 a.m. Monday, the new Qulin Nutrition Center had already produced about 80 meals for homebound seniors in eastern Butler County. This second wave of meals would provide food for between 40 and 60 takeout and sit-down clients in the dining room...

CAMPBELL, Mo. - Bill Crain, 92, of Holcomb, Mo., died Sat., Nov. 25, 2017 at his residence. Visitation will be from 6 - 8 p.m., Monday, Nov. 27 at Landess Funeral Home in Campbell. The funeral will be at 10 a.m., Tues., Nov. 28 at Landess Funeral Chapel with Bro. Otis Dunn officiating. Burial will be in Loyd Cemetery in Holcomb. Landess Funeral Home of Campbell in charge of arrangements...

CAMPBELL, Mo. - Larry Armstrong, 72, of Campbell, died Sat., Nov. 25, 2017 at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro, Ark. Visitation will be from 6 - 8 p.m., Wed., Nov. 29 at Landess Funeral Home in Campbell. The funeral will be at 10 a.m., Thurs., Nov. 30 at Landess Funeral Chapel with Rev. Darren Baker officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn-Landess Addition Cemetery in Campbell. Landess Funeral Home of Campbell in charge of arrangements...

PIEDMONT, Mo. - Leila "Loretta" Eaton, 91, of Patterson, Mo., died Sat., Nov. 25, 2017 at Clarks Mountain Nursing Home in Piedmont. Visitation will be from 6 - 9 p.m., Thurs., Nov. 30 at Ruegg Funeral Home, Piedmont. The funeral will be at 11 a.m., Friday, Dec. 1 at the Piedmont Chapel with Bro. Jule Maskrod officiating. Burial will be in Patterson Cemetery. Online condolences: www.rueggfuneralhomes.com...

CAMPBELL, Mo. - Larry Armstrong, 72, of Campbell, died Saturday, Nov. 25, 2017 at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro, Ark. Visitation will be from 6 - 8 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 29 at Landess Funeral Home in Campbell. The funeral will be at 10 a.m., Thursday, Nov. 30 at Landess Funeral Chapel with Rev. Darren Baker officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn-Landess Addition Cemetery in Campbell. Landess Funeral Home of Campbell in charge of arrangements...

Ronald Peters, 74, of Dexter died Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017 in Low Moor, Va. A private graveside service will be held at the Puxico City Cemetery. A Celebration of his life will be held Wednesday, Nov. 29 at the First United Methodist Church in Dexter. Visitation will begin at 9:30 a.m. and a memorial service will be conducted by Rev. Ron Beaton...

Rod Jetton, Peter Kinder, and Jason Crowell were among the first -- if not THE first -- rural Republican legislators to stand up to rural Missouri educators who regurgitate talking points provided to them by the public school establishment in Jefferson City...

By GEORGE F. WILL WASHINGTON -- Although it is plausible to suspect this, it is not true that the Credit Mobilier scandal of the late 1860-early 1870s (financial shenanigans by politicians and others surrounding construction of the Union Pacific Railroad) and the 1920s Teapot Dome scandal (shady dealings by politicians and others concerning government oil leases) were entangled with Division One college basketball programs. ...

Barbara Jene Gramling, 76, of Poplar Bluff died Thursday, Nov. 23, 2017 at her residence in Poplar bluff. Services were held Saturday, Nov. 25, 2017 at the Moore Funeral Service Chapel in Poplar Bluff. John Cornelius officiated. Burial followed in the Elder Cemetery in Campbell...

By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN If the crown prince of Saudi Arabia has in mind a war with Iran, President Trump should disabuse his royal highness of any notion that America would be doing his fighting for him. Mohammed bin Salman, or MBS, the 32-year-old son of the aging and ailing King Salman, is making too many enemies for his own good, or for ours...

MALDEN, Mo. - Leland Leslie Razer, 70, of Risco, Mo., died Monday, Nov. 27, 2017 at his residence. A graveside service will be at 2 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 29 at George Cemetery in Leora, Mo. www.bradshawfh.com

PIEDMONT, Mo. - Haskell Loucks, 88, of Piedmont, died Sat., Nov. 25 at his home. Visitation will be from 6 - 8 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 28 at the Morrison-Worley Funeral Chapel in Piedmont. The funeral will be at 1 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 29 at the funeral home chapel with Rev. Tim Adams officiating. Burial with Military Honors will be in the Meador Flatwoods Cemetery near Piedmont...

CAMPBELL, Mo. - Robert Fieser, 91, of Campbell, died Sunday, Nov. 26, 2017 in Millersville, Mo. Visitation will be from 5 - 8 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 28 at Landess Funeral Home in Campbell with Rosary following at 7 p.m. The funeral will be at 10 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 29 at St. Teresa Catholic Church in Glennonville, Mo. with Fr. William Hennecke and Fr. Joe Weidenbenner officiating. Burial will be in Sacred Heart Cemetery in Wilhelmina. Landess Funeral Home in Campbell in charge of arrangements...

Pickup Steam at Winter Camp on Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 20-21, at the University of Missouri Extension, 614 Lindsay Ave. Suite 3. Camp, which is open to the public, will be from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. both days. Cost is $25 per day or $40 for both days. A discount is offered for 4-H members. The price includes T-shirts. Attendees must pre-register by contacting 573-686-8064...

CAMPBELL, Mo. - Bill Crain, 92, of Holcomb, Mo., died Saturday, Nov. 25, 2017 at his residence. Visitation will be from 6 - 8 p.m., Monday, Nov. 27 at Landess Funeral Home in Campbell. The funeral will be at 10 a.m., Tuesday, Nov. 28 at Landess Funeral Chapel with Bro. Otis Dunn officiating. Burial will be in Loyd Cemetery in Holcomb. Landess Funeral Home of Campbell in charge of arrangements...

WILLIAMSVILLE, Mo. -- James David Kullman, 79, of Williamsville, Mo., died Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017, at St. Francis Medical Center, Cape Girardeau, Mo. Visitation will be held Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Williamsville Assembly of God Church. Memorial services will begin at 1 p.m. also at the church. Pastor Helen Edwards will minister to the family. He will be interred at Duncan Cemetery near Piedmont with full military honors...

Poplar Bluff, Mo. -- David Lewis Mays, 75, of Mayfield, Ky., formally of Poplar Bluff, passed away on Friday, Nov. 24, 2017 at Vanderbilt University Hospital in Nashville, Tenn. He was born on Sept. 19, 1942 to Stuart and Sara (Bliss) Mays in Tioga, Pa. ...

KENNETT, Mo. - Lois Lipsey, 87, of Sikeston, Mo. died Saturday, Nov. 25, 2017 at her residence. Visitation will be from 11 - 2 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 29 at McDaniel Funeral Service in Kennett. The funeral will follow at 2 p.m. in the McDaniel Chapel. Burial will be in Oak Ridge Cemetery in Kennett. McDaniel Funeral Service of Kennett in charge of the arrangements...

VAN BUREN, Mo. - James Ray Hardy "Jim" Price of Van Buren, Mo., died Nov. 26, 2017 in Poplar Bluff, Mo. He was 84. He became a Christian when he was eight years old and was a member of the First Baptist Church, Van Buren, Mo. Jim, as he was known to family and friends, was a native of Paragould, Ark., and son of John Earl Hardy, Orville Price, and Dale Price. ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Southeast Missouri State athletic director Brady Barke announced Monday morning that the university has given football coach Tom Matukewicz a two-year contract extension, running through the 2020 season. The Redhawks went 3-8 in 2017 and finished fifth in the Ohio Valley Conference with a 3-5 mark...

BERNIE -- Neelyville coach Patrick Morton calmly called it a teachable moment. It helped that the Tigers won. The biggest lead for either team in the fourth quarter was four points and Neelyville avoided both a crucial mistake and overtime to beat Bloomfield 53-51 in the first round of the Bernie Invitational on Monday...

BERNIE -- It took Levi Woods a little while to get going, but then he couldn't be stopped. Puxico's senior point guard finished with 38 points without scoring in the first 10 minutes of play to lead the No. 4 Indians in a 75-61 win over fifth-seeded Twin Rivers in the opening round of the Bernie Invitational on Monday...

JACKSON, Mo. -- The Notre Dame girls basketball team knows what it needs to do to be competitive this season, and on Monday night it made sure to do it. Imposing their gameplan from the start, the fourth-seeded Bulldogs opened up on a 7-0 run and feasted on turnovers to maintain a steady lead and defeat fifth-seeded Poplar Bluff in a SEMO Conference Tournament quarterfinal at Saxony Lutheran High School...

MALDEN, Mo. - Willie Higgs, Jr., 68, of Malden, died Thurs., Nov. 23, 2017 at St. Louis University Hospital - St. Louis. A graveside service will be at 1 p.m., Friday, Dec. 1 at Macedonia Cemetery in Malden with Rev. Samuel Higgs officiating. www.bradshawfh.com...

Kelton Thompson takes over a Poplar Bluff wrestling program with plenty of experienced wrestlers looking to make the trip to Columbia in February. A year after sending six wrestlers to the MSHSAA state championships and finishing fourth in their district, the Mules moved up to Class 4 last season and got only two to state while finishing 10th at district...

ORAN, Mo. - The Malden Green Wave scorched the nets for 15 3-pointers during their lopsided, 102-40 first-round win over Richland during the Oran Invitational Tournament Monday at Oran High School. Dushawn Butler led Malden's cause with 21 points, which featured five 3-pointers. Broddric Annesser added 19 while Chience Booker sunk five 3-pointers for 15 points...

It took Levi Woods a little while to get going, but then he couldn't be stopped. Puxico's senior point guard finished with 38 points without scoring in the first 10 minutes of play to lead the No. 4 Indians in a 75-61 win over No. 5 Twin Rivers in the opening round of the Bernie Invitational on Monday...

BROSELEY -- Katelyn South scored 14 of her game-high 28 points in the first half as the Twin Rivers girls basketball team pulled away to beat Malden 76-47 in the season opener at home. The Royals took a 15-13 lead into the second quarter but led by 15 at halftime...

The schedule of events for Puxico Country Christmas Friday - Sunday, Dec. 1-3, includes: Dec. 1 at 6 p.m. Parade of Lights. All lighted entries are welcome to participate in the parade. Starting will be at the Old John Deere lot. After the parade, meet at Veteran's Park to see Santa and get your fill of cookies and hot cocoa. There will also be a live nativity scene. This is sponsored by the First Midwest Bank...

Story and Photos By CALEB H. SWALLOWS The Puxico Elementary was full of smiling faces and joy as the school held it's annual Grandparents Day for Kindergarten through fifth grade Nov. 21. Festivities pertaining to Grandparents Day and Thanksgiving were planned throughout the morning and afternoon for the students to entertain and show appreciation to their grandparents. Also, many of the Puxico High School students participated in the festivities to make this event possible...

Six military veterans -- each with some level of disability -- had plenty for which to be thankful at the end of the day on Thursday, Nov. 16. The group had arrived early in the morning at the Disabled Veterans Wildlife Facility located in rural Stoddard County west of Bloomfield on County Road 426 for a guided deer hunt...

The members of the SEMO Barn Hunt Club will be hosting Barn Hunt Sanctioned Trials Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 2 -3 at A2M Farms at 8634 State Highway J Near Puxico. Open to all breeds and mixed breeds. Entries closed Nov. 22, accepting late entries until Thursday, Nov. 30...

The 75th General Assembly in 1969 established Senate Bill 40 (SB 40) which enabled voters to approve a tax to pay for services for persons with certain handicaps. The bill provided local control and support for a variety of community-based programs and services for persons with handicaps. ...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- After being found permanently incompetent and spending more than 10 years in a mental health facility, a Stoddard County man was arrested Monday night on charges stemming from 2004 stabbing death of his stepbrother. Justen Lee Patterson, 35, of Bloomfield was "picked up at Farmington at a hospital last night," said Stoddard County Chief Deputy Andy Holden. "He had been in the hospital for quite some time...

The gap widened between the Stoddard County Sheltered Facilities Board (SB 40) and the Stoddard County Sheltered Workshop Board at an emotional and sometimes tense meeting of the Facilities Board held at the offices of Targeted Case Management, Inc. in Dexter Nov. 16. After an executive session, the Sheltered Facilities Board voted 7-0, with one abstention, not to renew the 2018 contract with the Sheltered Workshop...

"The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them (the redeemed); and the desert shall rejoice and blossom at the rose." Isaiah 35:1. This is in direct contrast to the populous, fruitful country being turned into an unpopulated wilderness in the 34th chapter. ...

PIEDMONT, Mo. - Haskell Loucks, 88, of Piedmont, died Sat., Nov. 25 at his home. Visitation will be from 6 - 8 p.m., Tues. Nov. 28 at the Morrison-Worley Funeral Chapel in Piedmont. The funeral will be at 1 p.m., Wed., Nov. 29 at the funeral home chapel with Rev. Tim Adams officiating. Burial with Military Honors will be in the Meador Flatwoods Cemetery near Piedmont...