Stories from Thursday, October 18, 2012

George Barbre George William Barbre, 86, of Doniphan, Mo., died Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012, at Westwood Hills Healthcare Center in Poplar Bluff. Funeral arrangements are pending with Cotrell Funeral Service in Poplar Bluff, Mo.

Randal Lamar MALDEN, MO. -- Randal S. Lamar, 60, of Malden, Mo., died Monday, Oct. 15, 2012, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Thursday in Landess Funeral Home in Malden. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Friday in the funeral home chapel with Mr. James B. Powell and Mr. Rod Dill officiating. Burial will be in Rosewood First Addition Cemetery in Malden...

By MONA CHAREN If Mitt Romney is elected and secures Republican control of both houses of Congress, the U.S. could be poised for a vertiginous economic snapback. To understand how, consider that the Democratic explanation for our current malaise is utterly fallacious. ...

By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN "In Syria, I will work ... to identify and organize those members of the opposition who share our values and ensure they obtain the arms they need to defeat Assad's tanks, helicopters and fighter jets." This commitment by Mitt Romney in his VMI address has thrilled the neocons as much as it has unsettled the realists in his camp...

The Agee Community Club met Oct. 11 at Ryan's. Jacque Gallamore was hostess. Club president Cathy Womack opened the meeting with the women repeating the club motto. Nadine Johnson offered the invocation. The devotional was from, John 3:16 and they repeated the verse by memory in unison. ...

A benefit -- Rockin' 4 Mike -- for Mike Langley of Poplar Bluff/Naylor will be held beginning at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, at American Legion Post 630, 309 S. Broadway. Langley was in a tragic head-on accident on Sunday, Sept. 9. He was flown by life-flight to Barnes Jewish Trauma ICU in St. Louis. He was treated for bone injuries to his leg and arm and severe hand injuries. He still faces months of therapy and more surgeries...

Lavena Tettleton DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Lavena Hitt Tettleton, 76, of Doniphan, Mo., died Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, at her residence. Funeral arrangements are pending with Edwards Funeral Home in Doniphan.