Stories from Thursday, March 22, 2012

By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor Workers laid off at the Briggs & Stratton plant will have the opportunity to apply for other jobs in the Poplar Bluff Industrial Park. While he is disappointed Briggs is laying off 210 of its more than 1,0000 employees, Steve Halter, president of the Greater Poplar Bluff Area Chamber of Commerce, said other plants are hiring...

By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor Workers laid off at the Briggs & Stratton plant will have the opportunity to apply for other jobs in the Poplar Bluff Industrial Park. While he is disappointed Briggs is laying off 210 of its more than 1,0000 employees, Steve Halter, president of the Greater Poplar Bluff Area Chamber of Commerce, said other plants are hiring...

Home gardeners get ready to plant their cabbage slips and similar vegetables. Cabbage has a lot of relatives that are planted during March and April. Cabbage belongs to the large Cruciferae family. The cousins include kale, broccoli, collards, Brussels sprouts, salad Savoy, Chinese cabbage, cauliflower, Savoy cabbage, sea kale, and kohlrabi...

INTERLOCHEN, Mich. - Lauren White, 16, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., has been accepted and will attend Interlochen Arts Camp, the world's premier summer arts program for aspiring artists grades 3 through 12. White, the daughter of Buddy and Cindy White, will study Oboe at the Oboe Institute Camp in June. In 2012, the camp will mark its 85th season at the forefront of arts education...

Charles (Rob), Jr. and Leslie Cooper Durr of Williamsville, Mo. and Visalia, Calif., have chosen the name Lauren Olivia Muriel Durr for their 8-pound, 3.5-ounce daughter, born at 12:55 p.m., Tuesday, March 13, 2012, at Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno, Calif. Lauren was 19 inches in length...

Jordan Shaw of Success, Ark., has chosen the name Hunter Layne Matthew Shaw for her 7-pound, 13-ounce son who was born at 8:29 a.m., Saturday, March 10, 2012, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Hunter was 19 inches in length. Grandparents are Heather Shaw of Marked Tree, Ark., and Ken Shaw of Jonesboro, Ark...

Bobbie Harper GREENVILLE, Mo. -- Bobbie G. Harper, 74, of Greenville, Mo., died Wednesday, March 21, 2012, at Benchmark Healthcare Center in Greenville. Mr. Harper was born Aug. 27, 1937, at Keiser, Ark. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and served from 1954 to 1958...

HUTCHINSON, Kan. -- For Three Rivers sophomore Terrance Glass, the Raiders are a family tradition. Glass is finishing up his two years playing for coach Gene Bess just like his dad Chuck, who was a two-time all-region player for the Raiders in 1983-84...

The Southeast Missouri Sportsman's Association's annual dinner-meeting will be held this Saturday at the First Christian Church in Poplar Bluff, Mo., at 6 p.m. The cost for the fried chicken dinner will be $4.50 per person and can be paid for at the door...

By PAUL DAVIS Outdoors Editor As the spring turkey season approaches, hunters and others who travel in several designated "spring walk-in turkey hunting areas" on the Mark Twain National Forest's Poplar Bluff and Doniphan/Eleven Point Ranger Districts will find some of those forest roads closed...

By CANDICE DAVIS Mo. Dept. of Conservation SUMMERSVILLE, Mo. -- Hunters who customarily use the refuge area at Peck Ranch Conservation Area will need to make alternate plans again this year, according to the Missouri Department of Conservation. MDC closed the refuge portion of Peck Ranch CA to public access, including spring turkey hunting, in 2011. ...

By JOHN PRATT Mo. Dept. of Conservation Recent rainfall has recharged many of the ponds and lakes in the area. As I drove around right after the rain had stopped, I noticed some serious flaws that sometimes occur in the construction of impoundments. The heavy rainfall showed some of the ponds were poorly located, and others had too much flood plain above them. Another obvious flaw was the spillway construction...

To the Editor, Well, here it is March 19, 2012, seated in my home located in the Sheehy Adult Mobile Home Park just off of Oak Grove Rd. As I look there is an enormous amount of activity taking place with which the PBRMC is being erected (gladly). I, like many others in our residences are concerned that the city council are not forcing the developer (K2 Commercial Group) to play by the rules in general terms. ...

By MONA CHAREN Dear President Obama, As a certifiable member of the female sex, I want to thank you for preventing the Republican Party from conducting a "war on women." Some cynics might say that you were worried about women's declining support for Democrats. ...

Robert Kelley ELLSINORE, Mo. -- Robert E. "Sunny" Kelley died Wednesday, March 21, 2012, while working on his farm near Ellsinore. Arrangements are pending with McSpadden Funeral Home in Ellsinore. Condolences: www.mcspaddenfh.com.

Sandra Hurst Sandra A. Hurst, 51, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at Missouri Baptist Medical Center in St. Louis, Mo. Funeral arrangements are pending with Cotrell Funeral Service of Poplar Bluff.

There was lots of sharing at the 54th annual Poplar Bluff Letter Club Basketball Banquet. Teams shared both the boys and girls titles in the SEMO Conference and there were co-winners of the top player awards Wednesday night. Charleston's Greg Tucker and T.J. Tisdell of Cape Central were given the John Gibbs Award while the Bob Gray Award went to Jackson's Dru Haertling and Dexter's Brittany Harris...

For the third straight doubleheader, the Three Rivers Lady Raiders had a high point and a low point. Playing Shawnee at Rains Field Tuesday, the Lady Raiders took the first game 2-0 but dropped the second game 2-1. Three Rivers (15-9) scored both of its runs in the bottom of the second in the first game...

Mable Hatchel Mable L. Hatchel, 95, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Monday, March 19, 2012, at The Manor in Poplar Bluff. Ms. Hatchel was born Aug. 17, 1916 in White Oak, Mo. She was of the Baptist faith, and was a homemaker. She enjoyed spending time with her family and fishing...

Malcolm Harrision Malcolm Vinton Harrison, 66, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Tuesday, March 20, 2012, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Mr. Harrison was born April 16, 1945 in Lawrence County, Mo. He previously lived in Grandin, Mo. and Ellsinore, Mo. ...

Terry Lunsford NEELYVILLE, Mo. -- Terry D. Lunsford, 61, of Naylor, Mo., died Tuesday, March 20, 2012, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mr. Lunsford was born Aug. 24, 1950, in Jonesboro, Ark. He had lived in Ripley County for 29 years and attended the Church of Christ at Naylor. He had served on the Naylor City Council and enjoyed hunting and fishing...

James Montgomery Sr. FISK, Mo. -- James W. Montgomery Sr., 74, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Tuesday, March 20, 2012, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mr. Montgomery was born April 9, 1937 in Wynne, Ark. He had lived at Poplar Bluff since 1992 and had formerly lived in Aurora, Ill., for 42 years. He served in the Navy and was a supervisor for a construction company in Illinois...

Jerry Bratton WILLIAMSVILLE, Mo. -- Jerry Lee Bratton, 69, of St. Charles, Mo., died Monday, March 19, 2012, at his residence. Mr. Bratton was born on April 22, 1942, to the late James Bratton and to the late May (Haines) Bratton,in Cairo, Ill. He spent most of his childhood in Williamsville and St. Louis, Mo. After graduating from high school he attended two years of college...

INTERLOCHEN, Mich. - Lauren White, 16, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., has been accepted and will attend Interlochen Arts Camp, the world's premier summer arts program for aspiring artists grades 3 through 12. White, the daughter of Buddy and Cindy White, will study Oboe at the Oboe Institute Camp in June. In 2012, the camp will mark its 85th season at the forefront of arts education...

Home gardeners get ready to plant their cabbage slips and similar vegetables. Cabbage has a lot of relatives that are planted during March and April. Cabbage belongs to the large Cruciferae family. The cousins include kale, broccoli, collards, Brussels sprouts, salad Savoy, Chinese cabbage, cauliflower, Savoy cabbage, sea kale, and kohlrabi...

Charles (Rob), Jr. and Leslie Cooper Durr of Williamsville, Mo. and Visalia, Calif., have chosen the name Lauren Olivia Muriel Durr for their 8-pound, 3.5-ounce daughter, born at 12:55 p.m., Tuesday, March 13, 2012, at Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno, Calif. Lauren was 19 inches in length...

Jordan Shaw of Success, Ark., has chosen the name Hunter Layne Matthew Shaw for her 7-pound, 13-ounce son who was born at 8:29 a.m., Saturday, March 10, 2012, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Hunter was 19 inches in length. Grandparents are Heather Shaw of Marked Tree, Ark., and Ken Shaw of Jonesboro, Ark...

Bobbie Harper GREENVILLE, Mo. -- Bobbie G. Harper, 74, of Greenville, Mo., died Wednesday, March 21, 2012, at Benchmark Healthcare Center in Greenville. Mr. Harper was born Aug. 27, 1937, at Keiser, Ark. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and served from 1954 to 1958...

HUTCHINSON, Kan. -- For Three Rivers sophomore Terrance Glass, the Raiders are a family tradition. Glass is finishing up his two years playing for coach Gene Bess just like his dad Chuck, who was a two-time all-region player for the Raiders in 1983-84...

The Southeast Missouri Sportsman's Association's annual dinner-meeting will be held this Saturday at the First Christian Church in Poplar Bluff, Mo., at 6 p.m. The cost for the fried chicken dinner will be $4.50 per person and can be paid for at the door...

By PAUL DAVIS Outdoors Editor As the spring turkey season approaches, hunters and others who travel in several designated "spring walk-in turkey hunting areas" on the Mark Twain National Forest's Poplar Bluff and Doniphan/Eleven Point Ranger Districts will find some of those forest roads closed...

By CANDICE DAVIS Mo. Dept. of Conservation SUMMERSVILLE, Mo. -- Hunters who customarily use the refuge area at Peck Ranch Conservation Area will need to make alternate plans again this year, according to the Missouri Department of Conservation. MDC closed the refuge portion of Peck Ranch CA to public access, including spring turkey hunting, in 2011. ...

Robert Kelley ELLSINORE, Mo. -- Robert E. "Sunny" Kelley died Wednesday, March 21, 2012, while working on his farm near Ellsinore. Arrangements are pending with McSpadden Funeral Home in Ellsinore. Condolences: www.mcspaddenfh.com.

To the Editor, Well, here it is March 19, 2012, seated in my home located in the Sheehy Adult Mobile Home Park just off of Oak Grove Rd. As I look there is an enormous amount of activity taking place with which the PBRMC is being erected (gladly). I, like many others in our residences are concerned that the city council are not forcing the developer (K2 Commercial Group) to play by the rules in general terms. ...

By JOHN PRATT Mo. Dept. of Conservation Recent rainfall has recharged many of the ponds and lakes in the area. As I drove around right after the rain had stopped, I noticed some serious flaws that sometimes occur in the construction of impoundments. The heavy rainfall showed some of the ponds were poorly located, and others had too much flood plain above them. Another obvious flaw was the spillway construction...

By MONA CHAREN Dear President Obama, As a certifiable member of the female sex, I want to thank you for preventing the Republican Party from conducting a "war on women." Some cynics might say that you were worried about women's declining support for Democrats. ...

Sandra Hurst Sandra A. Hurst, 51, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at Missouri Baptist Medical Center in St. Louis, Mo. Funeral arrangements are pending with Cotrell Funeral Service of Poplar Bluff.

For the third straight doubleheader, the Three Rivers Lady Raiders had a high point and a low point. Playing Shawnee at Rains Field Tuesday, the Lady Raiders took the first game 2-0 but dropped the second game 2-1. Three Rivers (15-9) scored both of its runs in the bottom of the second in the first game...

There was lots of sharing at the 54th annual Poplar Bluff Letter Club Basketball Banquet. Teams shared both the boys and girls titles in the SEMO Conference and there were co-winners of the top player awards Wednesday night. Charleston's Greg Tucker and T.J. Tisdell of Cape Central were given the John Gibbs Award while the Bob Gray Award went to Jackson's Dru Haertling and Dexter's Brittany Harris...

Mable Hatchel Mable L. Hatchel, 95, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Monday, March 19, 2012, at The Manor in Poplar Bluff. Ms. Hatchel was born Aug. 17, 1916 in White Oak, Mo. She was of the Baptist faith, and was a homemaker. She enjoyed spending time with her family and fishing...

Malcolm Harrision Malcolm Vinton Harrison, 66, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Tuesday, March 20, 2012, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Mr. Harrison was born April 16, 1945 in Lawrence County, Mo. He previously lived in Grandin, Mo. and Ellsinore, Mo. ...