Stories from Wednesday, February 27, 2013

By KEITH LEWIS SEMO News Service CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- When students register for classes at Southeast Missouri State University, some may expect to be taught by tenured professors with years of experience. But Southeast, like other universities, increasingly is relying on part-time instructors, or adjuncts, to teach a variety of courses -- particularly those viewed as entry-level...

Mardi party and dance lessons will be held at the Wappapello Civic Center Saturday. Come in costume (optional) and enjoy dancing to live music from 7 - 10 p.m. The Red Light Band will be featured. Dance lessons will begin at 6 p.m. Doc Mitchel and Celia Paullin will teach the Texas Two-Step, Cha-Cha, Swing and line dances. Lessons are free with a paid admission of $5 to the dance...

Kelsey Snider, Chelsea Crain and Mariah Randazzo have signed to play softball for Missouri Baptist. The trio went to Missouri Baptist in November for a workout and liked what they saw. "We went up there and visited and we liked it. We liked our opportunities that we are going to get," Randazzo said. "We know that we will be able to see the field. We will be able to have the kinds of classes we need. We've got a good offer and it is still close to home."...

PIEDMONT, MO. -- Tosha L. Winingar, 34, died Monday, Feb. 25, 2013, at her home near Piedmont. Visitation will be held from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at the Morrison-Worley Funeral Chapel in Piedmont. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home chapel. Burial will be in the Winingar Family Cemetery...

Josephine Shelton VAN BUREN, Mo. -- Josephine Emma Shelton, daughter of the late Arnold W. and Julia (Snow) Hill, was born Jan. 11, 1930, in Glennon, Mo., and departed this life on Feb. 21, 2013, in Scarborough, Maine. She had attained the age of 83 years, one month and ten days...