Stories from Friday, May 4, 2012

By SARABETH WALLER Staff Writer Nearly 100 area Christians observed the National Day of Prayer Thursday with two services. A traditional service at the Butler County Courthouse at noon was preceded by a march from the First Presbyterian Church on North Main Street...

SILVA, Mo. -- Matthew Hedgecorth can now afford to go back to school after he won a $1 million prize on the only Missouri Lottery Scratchers ticket he bought in Silva. According to a Missouri Lottery news release, Hedgecorth, a 19-year-old Greenville, Mo., resident, said he was with his father Friday when they stopped at Break Time convenience store at the junction of highways 67 and 34 in Silva. While inside, he decided to try playing one of the Lottery Scratchers...

By BARBARA ANN HORTON News Editor Disaster may make the lights at United Gospel Rescue Mission flicker, but a new generator purchased with state grant money should keep them glowing. A crane recently lifted the large generator into place beside the Kay Porter House on Broadway where it was installed by Aire Solutions...

By SARABETH WALLER Staff Writer A local congregation is celebrating another chapter in its nearly 200 years of history by moving to a new building. Black River Baptist Church will host an open house beginning at 3 p.m. Sunday, followed by a dedication service at 4 p.m. with testimonies, hymns and prayer...

Three Rivers College announces the receipt of over $3.3 million in grant funding from the State Emergency Management Association to provide community safe rooms at the Poplar Bluff campus and the proposed campus at Sikeston. The money will be used as base funding for two new building projects, Three Rivers said in a press release. ...

By SARABETH WALLER Staff Writer Nearly 100 area Christians observed the National Day of Prayer Thursday with two services. A traditional service at the Butler County Courthouse at noon was preceded by a march from the First Presbyterian Church on North Main Street...

SILVA, Mo. -- Matthew Hedgecorth can now afford to go back to school after he won a $1 million prize on the only Missouri Lottery Scratchers ticket he bought in Silva. According to a Missouri Lottery news release, Hedgecorth, a 19-year-old Greenville, Mo., resident, said he was with his father Friday when they stopped at Break Time convenience store at the junction of highways 67 and 34 in Silva. While inside, he decided to try playing one of the Lottery Scratchers...

By BARBARA ANN HORTON News Editor Disaster may make the lights at United Gospel Rescue Mission flicker, but a new generator purchased with state grant money should keep them glowing. A crane recently lifted the large generator into place beside the Kay Porter House on Broadway where it was installed by Aire Solutions...

Three Rivers College announces the receipt of over $3.3 million in grant funding from the State Emergency Management Association to provide community safe rooms at the Poplar Bluff campus and the proposed campus at Sikeston. The money will be used as base funding for two new building projects, Three Rivers said in a press release. ...

By SARABETH WALLER Staff Writer A local congregation is celebrating another chapter in its nearly 200 years of history by moving to a new building. Black River Baptist Church will host an open house beginning at 3 p.m. Sunday, followed by a dedication service at 4 p.m. with testimonies, hymns and prayer...

By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN U.S. growth in the first quarter fell to 2.2 percent, a disappointment. But in Europe, that news would have caused general rejoicing. For consider the gathering crisis on the old continent. With negative growth now for six months, Britain has fallen back into recession. "I don't think we're anywhere near halfway through the eurozone crisis," said Prime Minister David Cameron this weekend...

To the Editor: Re: President and Gas Prices I am in complete agreement with Mr. Dersch that the President of the United States, sitting or future, can have little effect on the price of gas at the pumps. I also agree with the ways in which Mr. Dersch suggested could reduce the consumption of gas. There are a couple of comments in his letter to the editor with which I take exception and a couple of consequential aspects of the administration's energy policy I feel should be mentioned...

Hannibal-LaGrange University has released the names of the ADVANCE Program students who made the Academic Dean's List for the Fall 2011 cohorts. To qualify for the Dean's List, the student must maintain a grade point average of 3.5 or higher. The students from the Poplar Bluff area include:...

DONIPHAN, MO. -- Nancy Carol (Burkhart) Powell, 67, of Memphis, Tenn., died Tuesday, May 1, 2012, at the V.A. hospital in Memphis. Ms. Powell was born April 24, 1945, in Oakland, Calif., and had served with the U. S. Army. Visitation will be from 5 - 8 p.m. Friday at Edwards Funeral Home in Doniphan. The funeral service will start at 2 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home with burial to follow in the Naylor Cemetery in Naylor, Mo...

Ralph Robertson Ralph Robertson, 63, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Thursday, May 3, 2012, at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Arrangements are pending with Fowler-Sullivan Funeral Home in Poplar Bluff. Condolences: www.fowllersullivanfuneralhome.com...

ELLSINORE -- It doesn't get much more heads up than what Clearwater senior Joel Koenig did in the bottom of the seventh Thursday. Trailing by one run in the Black River League championship, Koenig stood on first base after a walk and saw teammate Mason Martin fly out to right field for the second out of the inning...

FARMINGTON -- The thick rough that makes Crown Pointe Golf Club such a challenge was shorter Thursday but still tough on the field at the MSHSAA Class 4 Sectional 1 tournament. Fortunately for the Poplar Bluff Mules, it was rougher on everybody else...

After the Three Rivers Raiders took a split against Jefferson in Hillsboro, the Vikings won the season series with a sweep. Jefferson won the first game 6-2 before a 7-0 win Thursday at Pattillo Field. "We just couldn't hit with runners on," Three Rivers coach Stacey Burkey said. "We stranded 11 or 12 there in the first game and then had some well-hit balls and didn't have anything to show for it...

PUXICO, MO. -- Bruce Warner Wilson, 58, of Puxico, Mo., died Wednesday, May 2, 2012, at the John J. Pershing VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Mr. Wilson was born Nov. 9, 1953, in Poplar Bluff. He lived in Puxico most of his life. A former resident of Jeffersonville, Ind., he worked there for several years in a grainery. He was in the U.S. Navy as a medic...

Loyd Jarett Jr. DEXTER, Mo. -- Loyd Jarrett Jr., 32, of Bloomfield, Mo., died Wednesday, May 2, 2012, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. The son of Loyd Jarrett Sr. of Pyletown, Mo., and Diana L. Metcalf of Bloomfield, Mo., he was born on Oct. 17, 1979, in Dexter, Mo...

LESTERVILLE, Mo. -- Elbert "Eddie" E. Miller, 73, of Centerville, Mo., died Wednesday, May 2, 2012, at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Festus, Mo. Mr. Miller was born at Centerville, on Nov. 30, 1938. On April 14, 1956 in Centerville, he married Lora Mae Akins. He was a member of Centerville First Baptist Church where he was baptized in October of 1983. He enjoyed woodworking, buying and selling timber, gardening, fishing, hunting, spending time with his family...

Barry and Courtny Barnett announce their newest addition to their family, Beau Henry Barnett. Born March 27, 2012, in Crossett, Ark., the 8-pounds, 5-ounce boy was 22-inches long. Beau's grandparents are Dr. Darwin Davis and Vel Davis of Poplar Bluff, Mo. and Bill and Teresa Barnett of Stuttgart, Ark...

MALDEN, Mo. -- Hazel June Woodall, 64, of Clarkton, Mo. died Wednesday, May 2, 2012, in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Mrs. Woodall was born Aug. 30, 1947, at Gideon, Mo. She did janitorial services for the Clarkton School system. She married Ernie Woodall May 2, 1969, in Holcomb, Mo. He preceded her in death Nov. 26, 2001...

KENNETT -- Adam Grantham had 17 strikeouts and pitched a perfect game for Kennett as the Indians beat Malden 7-0 in the Bootheel Conference tournament final Thursday afternoon. Tanner Murphy took the loss on the mound for Malden, allowing eight hits in six innings. He struck out nine...

By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN U.S. growth in the first quarter fell to 2.2 percent, a disappointment. But in Europe, that news would have caused general rejoicing. For consider the gathering crisis on the old continent. With negative growth now for six months, Britain has fallen back into recession. "I don't think we're anywhere near halfway through the eurozone crisis," said Prime Minister David Cameron this weekend...

To the Editor: Re: President and Gas Prices I am in complete agreement with Mr. Dersch that the President of the United States, sitting or future, can have little effect on the price of gas at the pumps. I also agree with the ways in which Mr. Dersch suggested could reduce the consumption of gas. There are a couple of comments in his letter to the editor with which I take exception and a couple of consequential aspects of the administration's energy policy I feel should be mentioned...

DONIPHAN, MO. -- Nancy Carol (Burkhart) Powell, 67, of Memphis, Tenn., died Tuesday, May 1, 2012, at the V.A. hospital in Memphis. Ms. Powell was born April 24, 1945, in Oakland, Calif., and had served with the U. S. Army. Visitation will be from 5 - 8 p.m. Friday at Edwards Funeral Home in Doniphan. The funeral service will start at 2 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home with burial to follow in the Naylor Cemetery in Naylor, Mo...

Ralph Robertson Ralph Robertson, 63, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Thursday, May 3, 2012, at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Arrangements are pending with Fowler-Sullivan Funeral Home in Poplar Bluff. Condolences: www.fowllersullivanfuneralhome.com...

Hannibal-LaGrange University has released the names of the ADVANCE Program students who made the Academic Dean's List for the Fall 2011 cohorts. To qualify for the Dean's List, the student must maintain a grade point average of 3.5 or higher. The students from the Poplar Bluff area include:...

ELLSINORE -- It doesn't get much more heads up than what Clearwater senior Joel Koenig did in the bottom of the seventh Thursday. Trailing by one run in the Black River League championship, Koenig stood on first base after a walk and saw teammate Mason Martin fly out to right field for the second out of the inning...

FARMINGTON -- The thick rough that makes Crown Pointe Golf Club such a challenge was shorter Thursday but still tough on the field at the MSHSAA Class 4 Sectional 1 tournament. Fortunately for the Poplar Bluff Mules, it was rougher on everybody else...

After the Three Rivers Raiders took a split against Jefferson in Hillsboro, the Vikings won the season series with a sweep. Jefferson won the first game 6-2 before a 7-0 win Thursday at Pattillo Field. "We just couldn't hit with runners on," Three Rivers coach Stacey Burkey said. "We stranded 11 or 12 there in the first game and then had some well-hit balls and didn't have anything to show for it...

PUXICO, MO. -- Bruce Warner Wilson, 58, of Puxico, Mo., died Wednesday, May 2, 2012, at the John J. Pershing VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Mr. Wilson was born Nov. 9, 1953, in Poplar Bluff. He lived in Puxico most of his life. A former resident of Jeffersonville, Ind., he worked there for several years in a grainery. He was in the U.S. Navy as a medic...

Loyd Jarett Jr. DEXTER, Mo. -- Loyd Jarrett Jr., 32, of Bloomfield, Mo., died Wednesday, May 2, 2012, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. The son of Loyd Jarrett Sr. of Pyletown, Mo., and Diana L. Metcalf of Bloomfield, Mo., he was born on Oct. 17, 1979, in Dexter, Mo...

LESTERVILLE, Mo. -- Elbert "Eddie" E. Miller, 73, of Centerville, Mo., died Wednesday, May 2, 2012, at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Festus, Mo. Mr. Miller was born at Centerville, on Nov. 30, 1938. On April 14, 1956 in Centerville, he married Lora Mae Akins. He was a member of Centerville First Baptist Church where he was baptized in October of 1983. He enjoyed woodworking, buying and selling timber, gardening, fishing, hunting, spending time with his family...

Barry and Courtny Barnett announce their newest addition to their family, Beau Henry Barnett. Born March 27, 2012, in Crossett, Ark., the 8-pounds, 5-ounce boy was 22-inches long. Beau's grandparents are Dr. Darwin Davis and Vel Davis of Poplar Bluff, Mo. and Bill and Teresa Barnett of Stuttgart, Ark...

MALDEN, Mo. -- Hazel June Woodall, 64, of Clarkton, Mo. died Wednesday, May 2, 2012, in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Mrs. Woodall was born Aug. 30, 1947, at Gideon, Mo. She did janitorial services for the Clarkton School system. She married Ernie Woodall May 2, 1969, in Holcomb, Mo. He preceded her in death Nov. 26, 2001...

KENNETT -- Adam Grantham had 17 strikeouts and pitched a perfect game for Kennett as the Indians beat Malden 7-0 in the Bootheel Conference tournament final Thursday afternoon. Tanner Murphy took the loss on the mound for Malden, allowing eight hits in six innings. He struck out nine...