Stories from Friday, March 16, 2012

By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor Piece by piece, the landmark water tower at the intersection of Business Highways 60 and 67 is being removed. "The water tower served Poplar Bluff from 1929 until it was put out of service on Oct. 20, 2011. The cap is unsafe," said Carroll Foster, plant superintendent for Municipal Utilities...

By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer VAN BUREN, Mo. -- A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows more than 1.4 million people visited the Ozark National Scenic Riverways in 2010, spending about $63 million in and around the park and local communities...

By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor Three residents in the 900 block of North Ninth Street are opposed to a proposed auto detail shop, but the owner has agreed to abide by nine stipulations from the Poplar Bluff Planning and Zoning Commission. Donna Devine of Poplar Bluff is requesting a conditional use permit to operate the shop at 919 N. Main St. in a building she currently uses for a resale shop. Devine said she would close the resale business...

By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. ­-- A convicted drug smuggler from Naylor, Mo., remains in federal custody accused of providing false statements to federal officials in an attempt to fraudulently obtain pilot credentials and continuing to fly even though his license was revoked...

By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor Three residents in the 900 block of North Ninth Street are opposed to a proposed auto detail shop, but the owner has agreed to abide by nine stipulations from the Poplar Bluff Planning and Zoning Commission. Donna Devine of Poplar Bluff is requesting a conditional use permit to operate the shop at 919 N. Main St. in a building she currently uses for a resale shop. Devine said she would close the resale business...

By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer VAN BUREN, Mo. -- A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows more than 1.4 million people visited the Ozark National Scenic Riverways in 2010, spending about $63 million in and around the park and local communities...

McCaskill isn't middle of road I'm replying to the article in today's paper titled, "Missouri Swings Both Ways." Senator McCaskill is "touting the fact that she ranks smack dab in the middle on the liberal to conservative scale." Give me a break! First of all, it is not a fact. ...

Justin Capps is Sacred Heart School's student of the month. Justin is the son of Kimberly and Larry Capps of Poplar Bluff. He enjoys playing board games with his sister's boyfriend, watching movies on their home theater and playing baseball. He is looking forward to the opening of his favorite sport, baseball. His favorite class is social studies, which happens to be taught by his favorite teacher, Connie Hensley...

By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER WASHINGTON -- Yes, of course, presidents have no direct control over gas prices. But the American people know something about this president and his disdain for oil. The "fuel of the past," he contemptuously calls it. To the American worker who doesn't commute by government motorcade and is getting fleeced every week at the pump, oil seems very much a fuel of the present -- and of the foreseeable future...

There is still time to register for the Interactive Television (ITV) program to discuss Missouri's Complicated Fence Law to be held from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Three Rivers College, E. K. Porter Distance Learning Center. The $20 charge covers the program and materials. Pre-registration is required...

The Fisk Community Betterment Council and Library are hosting their annual Easter Egg Hunt from noon - 2 p.m., Saturday, March 31 at the park. Rain date will be Saturday, April 7 Activities include an egg hunt, attendance prizes with a visit and story from the Easter Bunny. Prizes include two new bicycles donated by White Sanders Funeral Home and 1st Missouri Bank...

Louise Hughes DEXTER, Mo. -- Louise Hughes, 89, of Houma, La., formerly of Dexter, Mo., died Monday, March 12, 2012, at the Terrebonne General Medical Center in Houma. Mrs. Hughes was born on June 4, 1922, in Essex, Mo. She was a retired manager at the Holiday Inn...

Leslie St. Cin NEELYVILLE, Mo. -- Leslie Charles St. Cin, 97, of Neelyville, Mo., died Wednesday, March 14, 2012, at Westwood Hills Healthcare in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Mr. St. Cin was born Feb. 13, 1915, at Perkins, Mo. He had joined the Civilian Conservation Corps and helped in building bridges and planting trees. He had worked as a spray painter for McCabe-Powers Body Co. and retired from the company after 28 years of service...

Theodore Brothers Elmwood, Ill. - Theodore R. "Ted" Brothers, 85, of Elmwood, Ill., died at 9:46 a.m. Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at Rio Grande Regional Hospital in McAllen, Texas, where he wintered for many years. He was born on Jan. 13, 1927 in Fisk, Mo. He married Jessma "Jo" Grisham in Piggott, Ark. on May 15, 1945. She preceded him in death on Nov. 30, 2004...

Justice Waggoner has been chosen as the Fisk Elementary School 4th grade student of the month for February. He is the son of Becky Boyce. His sisters are Cheyanne Waggoner and Courtney Weaver. Justice's interests outside of school include baseball, soccer, riding four-wheelers, playing video games like Skylander, jumping on the trampoline, swimming, dancing, shooting guns with Mike and being with family and friends...

Lois Gish PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Lois W. Gish, 95, a lifelong resident of Piedmont, Mo., died Thursday, March 15, 2012, at Clark's Mountain Nursing Center, Piedmont. Mrs. Gish was born May 22, 1916, to the late Lewis Wayland and the late Mattie E. (Ketcham) Wayland, in Piedmont, Mo. She was raised in Piedmont, and graduated from Piedmont High School. On Aug. 29, 1934, she was united in marriage to Norman W. Gish...

Richard Lester MALDEN, Mo. -- Richard Dale Lester, 62, of Gideon, Mo., died Wednesday, March 14, 2012, at Gideon Care Center in Gideon. Mr. Lester was born Nov. 4, 1949, in Malden, Mo. He was a member of Spoonerville Baptist Church in Malden. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and had retired as a truck driver...

Esther Goodman MALDEN, Mo. -- Esther Mae Goodman, 84, of Malden, Mo., died Thursday March 8, 2012, at her residence. Mrs. Goodman was born Dec. 4, 1927, in Dexter, MO. She was a member of the Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church in Malden. She had worked at the Brown Shoe factory in Bernie...

David Barnett MALDEN, Mo. -- Ronald David Barnett, 63, of Arnold, Mo., died Monday, March 12, 2012, at his residence. Mr. Barnett was born Dec. 9, 1948, in Bloomfield, Mo. He was a member of the United Auto Workers Union, former Boy Scout leader, former member of the Jaycees and was a Bernie Little League coach...

Carl Davis Carl Everett Davis, 87, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Thursday, March 15, 2012, at John J. Pershing VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Funeral arrangements are pending with Cotrell Funeral Service in Poplar Bluff.

David Veatch FISK, Mo. -- David Veatch, 69, of Rombauer, Mo., died Thursday, March 15, 2012, at John Cochran VA Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. Funeral arrangements are pending with White-Sanders Funeral Home in Fisk, Mo.

Anna Lee Hodo DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Anna Lee Hodo, 87, of Doniphan, Mo., died Thursday, March 15, 2012, at her residence. Mrs. Hodo, daughter of Charles and Addie (Robinson) Miller, was born Jan. 13, 1925, in Calm, Mo. She worked as a bomb builder during the end of World War II. Mrs. Hodo then became a housewife and was a member of the Doniphan First Baptist Church. She enjoyed sewing, reading, and being a grandmother and great-grandmother...

Charles Chaney Sr. Charles Vanduser Chaney, Sr., 89, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., formerly of Sikeston, Mo., died Tuesday, March 13, 2012, at the Oakdale Care Center in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Chaney was born July 10, 1922, in Morley, Mo. He was a current member of the First Baptist Church in Poplar Bluff and was a former member at the First Baptist Church in Sikeston, Mo. ...

Sarah Harris Sarah Mae Harris, 71, of Chicago, Ill., formerly of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Tuesday, March 13, 2012, at The Renaissance in Chicago. Ms. Harris was born June 5, 1940 in Poplar Bluff. She was a member of Mt. Calvary Powerhouse Church of God in Poplar Bluff, and had retired as a School Community Representative for the Chicago School System. Ms. Harris enjoyed spending time with her family, reading, writing, traveling, making latch hook pieces, going to garage sales and food...

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Lauren Reinagel and Cendyl Carter pitched solidly Thursday but the Three Rivers Lady Raiders managed another split at the University of West Florida Tournament for the second consecutive day. Reinagel didn't get any run support in the first game, a 1-0 loss to Parkland, before the bats came alive in support of Carter, a 7-1 victory over Rend Lake...

Lois Gish -- Piedmont, Mo. Esther Goodman -- Malden, Mo. Louise Hughes -- Houma, La. Leslie St. Cin -- Neelyville, Mo. David Barnett -- Arnold, Mo. Charles Chaney -- Poplar Bluff, Mo. Richard Lester -- Gideon, Mo. Rose Nichols -- Parma, Mo. Theodore Brothers...

The Fisk Community Betterment Council and Library are hosting their annual Easter Egg Hunt from noon - 2 p.m., Saturday, March 31 at the park. Rain date will be Saturday, April 7 Activities include an egg hunt, attendance prizes with a visit and story from the Easter Bunny. Prizes include two new bicycles donated by White Sanders Funeral Home and 1st Missouri Bank...

Justice Waggoner has been chosen as the Fisk Elementary School 4th grade student of the month for February. He is the son of Becky Boyce. His sisters are Cheyanne Waggoner and Courtney Weaver. Justice's interests outside of school include baseball, soccer, riding four-wheelers, playing video games like Skylander, jumping on the trampoline, swimming, dancing, shooting guns with Mike and being with family and friends...

Theodore Brothers Elmwood, Ill. - Theodore R. "Ted" Brothers, 85, of Elmwood, Ill., died at 9:46 a.m. Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at Rio Grande Regional Hospital in McAllen, Texas, where he wintered for many years. He was born on Jan. 13, 1927 in Fisk, Mo. He married Jessma "Jo" Grisham in Piggott, Ark. on May 15, 1945. She preceded him in death on Nov. 30, 2004...

Lois Gish PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Lois W. Gish, 95, a lifelong resident of Piedmont, Mo., died Thursday, March 15, 2012, at Clark's Mountain Nursing Center, Piedmont. Mrs. Gish was born May 22, 1916, to the late Lewis Wayland and the late Mattie E. (Ketcham) Wayland, in Piedmont, Mo. She was raised in Piedmont, and graduated from Piedmont High School. On Aug. 29, 1934, she was united in marriage to Norman W. Gish...

Richard Lester MALDEN, Mo. -- Richard Dale Lester, 62, of Gideon, Mo., died Wednesday, March 14, 2012, at Gideon Care Center in Gideon. Mr. Lester was born Nov. 4, 1949, in Malden, Mo. He was a member of Spoonerville Baptist Church in Malden. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and had retired as a truck driver...

Lola McNeal NEELYVILLE, Mo. -- Lola Mae Johnson McNeal, 84, of Neelyville, Mo, died Tuesday, March 13, 2012, at her residence. Born Feb. 18, 1928, in Alicia, Ark., she was a homemaker. She had previously lived in Wayne County and had lived in Butler County since 1997...