Stories from Monday, September 12, 2011

The Poplar Bluff softball team finished second at a tournament while the volleyball Lady Mules lost to the runner-up in the quarterfinals of another tournament and cross country team picked up hardware at a meet Saturday. The Mules cross country team placed fifth in a 26-team division as sophomore Bailey Davidson placed 15th...

ST. LOUIS -- Before his race Saturday, Poplar Bluff Junior High cross country runner Isaiah Williams told his coach, "I'm going to give you something to brag about." He did just that. Williams broke the course record at the sixth annual Forest Park Festival, winning the 2,000-meter race in 6 minutes, 35 seconds...

CHAFFEE -- Clearwater continued its recent success by winning the Chaffee Invitational softball tournament over the weekend. The Lady Tigers (9-1) beat Scott City 3-0 in the title game after beating Chaffee and Saxony Lutheran to reach the finals. "This was probably our biggest game of the year," Clearwater coach Shannon England said of the title game. "Any time you are playing a tournament championship, you get up for that."...

By SHARON RANDALL Scripps Howard News Service Life often seems like a game of hurry up and wait. Hurry to the market to get ice for a party, then wait in line to check out and watch it melt. Hurry to call your husband to see if he wants to spend $400 to fix his car, then sit in a customer lounge listening to people talk on their cellphones while you wait for him to call you back...

By GEORGE F. WILL WASHINGTON -- On Dec. 8, 1951, the day after the 10th anniversary of Pearl Harbor, The New York Times' front page made a one-paragraph mention of commemorations the day before, when the paper's page had not mentioned the anniversary. ...

Stay out of others' business This is a concerned citizen of Southeast Missouri. I would like to complain about something here is about the synthetic drugs that everybody is complaining about that causes people to pass and everything. I have not heard one person has died from this stuff. ...

To the Editor: On behalf of the faculty, staff, and students of Three Rivers College, I want to thank you, the residents of Southeast Missouri, for helping to make the past 12 months a period of tremendous growth for the college. This has been a year of soaring enrollment, new programs and locations, and increases in external funding and college revenues...

The seventh Annual UCAN 5K Run/Walk will be held Saturday, Sept. 24, at McLane Park. The run/walk will begin at 8 a.m. Each participant will receive a free T-shirt. In addition, trophies will be awarded for the first two finishers in each age division...

CRC is accepting grant ideas The Butler County Community Resource Council will be accepting proposals until Sept. 30 for its Community Grant Making Program. This grant opportunity is made possible with funds collected through the Private Probation Services in Butler County and Ripley County...

The next meeting of the Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Support Group will be held at noon Wednesday at the First Presbyterian Church, 301 N. Second St. Free onsite childcare will be provided by the Family and Community Education members who support this program...

The Poplar Bluff softball team finished second at a tournament while the volleyball Lady Mules lost to the runner-up in the quarterfinals of another tournament and cross country team picked up hardware at a meet Saturday. The Mules cross country team placed fifth in a 26-team division as sophomore Bailey Davidson placed 15th...

ST. LOUIS -- Before his race Saturday, Poplar Bluff Junior High cross country runner Isaiah Williams told his coach, "I'm going to give you something to brag about." He did just that. Williams broke the course record at the sixth annual Forest Park Festival, winning the 2,000-meter race in 6 minutes, 35 seconds...

CHAFFEE -- Clearwater continued its recent success by winning the Chaffee Invitational softball tournament over the weekend. The Lady Tigers (9-1) beat Scott City 3-0 in the title game after beating Chaffee and Saxony Lutheran to reach the finals. "This was probably our biggest game of the year," Clearwater coach Shannon England said of the title game. "Any time you are playing a tournament championship, you get up for that."...

By SHARON RANDALL Scripps Howard News Service Life often seems like a game of hurry up and wait. Hurry to the market to get ice for a party, then wait in line to check out and watch it melt. Hurry to call your husband to see if he wants to spend $400 to fix his car, then sit in a customer lounge listening to people talk on their cellphones while you wait for him to call you back...

Stay out of others' business This is a concerned citizen of Southeast Missouri. I would like to complain about something here is about the synthetic drugs that everybody is complaining about that causes people to pass and everything. I have not heard one person has died from this stuff. ...

To the Editor: On behalf of the faculty, staff, and students of Three Rivers College, I want to thank you, the residents of Southeast Missouri, for helping to make the past 12 months a period of tremendous growth for the college. This has been a year of soaring enrollment, new programs and locations, and increases in external funding and college revenues...

The next meeting of the Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Support Group will be held at noon Wednesday at the First Presbyterian Church, 301 N. Second St. Free onsite childcare will be provided by the Family and Community Education members who support this program...