Stories from Friday, October 4, 2013

By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor BROSELEY, Mo. -- Butler County authorities continue to investigate whether mismanagement and poor record keeping are to blame for recently discovered financial issues at the Broseley Senior Center. The Butler County Sheriff's Department was contacted in late August by Dewayne Brotherton, president of the board for Broseley Senior Citizens Inc., which operates the community and nutrition center, asking for an investigation into "past finances" involving the center, according to Sheriff Mark Dobbs.. ...

By CAROLYN SMITH Staff Writer According to Steph Deidrick, Missouri Department of Natural Resources information officer, all "Missouri State Parks are open and operational." There appeared to be some concern state parks may have been affected by the federal government shutdown. That is not the case...

By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer More than 300 area high school seniors got a lesson Tuesday in what it takes to juggle household expenses, childcare costs and expensive, unexpected life events. Students quickly learned during a Reality Fair held by Poplar Bluff Federal Credit Union that purchasing an expensive cruise before securing housing, or committing to a $200 cell phone bill before paying car insurance made it difficult to get through the month...

By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer Margaret Harwell Art Museum will celebrate its 20th annual Art on the Run on Saturday. An event inspired by children, the fall festival continues to focus on free activities that introduce youth to the arts. Nearly a dozen children's activities are planned, all of which allow children to create and take home special art projects based on the festival's movie theme, "Spotlight on the Arts."...

I always know that fall has finally arrived when the leaves start to fall off my walnut tree. That means that it's nearly time to harvest black walnuts. The squirrels are certainly getting excited. It's hard to believe that squirrels can actually crack walnuts!...

By JOE JEREK Mo. Dept. of Conservation JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Department of Conservation's 2014 Natural Events Calendar is now available for purchase. The ever-popular calendar keeps readers in touch with the year's seasonal changes through daily notes on nature happenings. ...

By JAY AMBROSE Scripps Howard News Service After the United Nations climate panel issued a highly dubious report about the sad, ever more sizzling, calamity-nudging state of the world in 2007, an organization of 106 national science academies reviewed the review, finding it significantly amiss in "each major step" of its assessment...

By CLIFFORD D. MAY Scripps Howard News Service "I assure you nobody ends up being more war-weary than me." -- President Barack Obama, Aug. 30, 2013 Imagine you're Iranian President Hassan Rouhani or his boss, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, or Major General Qassem Suleimani, who leads the elite Quds Force of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which, according to the U.S. ...

By FRANK CAMPA Mo. Dept. of Conservation In an attempt to educate those in need of hunter education to the sweeping changes in the certification process, this topic has dominated our news articles and radio programs for the last couple months. This will be quickly coming to an end, as we approach our last two skill sessions in Poplar Bluff, Mo., and in Butler County...

Floyd Counts MALDEN, Mo. -- Floyd Eugene Counts, 76, of Bloomfield, Mo., died Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, at Golden Living Center in Bloomfield. Visitation will be from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday at the Landess Funeral Chapel in Malden. The funeral service will follow beginning at 1 p.m. at the chapel with Brother Bobby Moore officiating. Burial will be in the Elder Cemetery in Campbell, Mo...

By GEORGE F. WILL WASHINGTON -- "If Reince Priebus from Kenosha, Wisconsin, is the Republican 'establishment,' God help us," says the chairman of the Republican National Committee, Reince Priebus. His physical presence is almost as unprepossessing as James Madison's was, and his demeanor is self-deprecating. But with meticulous -- Madisonian, actually -- subtlety, he is working to ameliorate a difficulty that has existed for two centuries and in 2012 wounded the GOP...

The Second Annual Sarah White 5K Run and Color Relay will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, at Three Rivers College. Entry forms may be picked up at the PARC Fitness and Rehab Center and need to be returned by Thursday, Oct. 10, to guarantee a shirt. Two races are planned: the individual 5K and a two-person 5K. For more information, contact Heather at 573-727-3930...

By PAUL DAVIS Outdoors Editor Saturday's Chaonia Open bass tournament had 55 boats entered, with the team of Alan Turnbaugh and Jon Jones taking the top spot. The pair's winning weight was 15.9 pounds. Second place went to Danny Livingston and Dirk Livingston, who brought in 13.59 pounds. They were followed by third-place finishers Doug Chetham and Richard Conway with 12.48 pounds...

October Red Cross blood drives in this area are: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11, at Mingo Job Corps in Puxico, Mo.; 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 24, at the Missouri Army National Guard armory in Doniphan, Mo.; 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25, at Twin Rivers High School in Broseley, Mo.; 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, Oct. 28, at Neelyville High School in Neelyville, Mo.; and 2:30-6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 30, at Campbell High School in Campbell, Mo...

Wilma Green PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Wilma (Hatridge) Green, 70, of Puxico, Mo., passed away Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, at Park Hills, Mo. Wilma was born May 28, 1943, in Des Arc, Mo., the daughter of the late Jimmie and Leda Hatridge. She worked in restaurants for many years and attended the Puxico General Baptist Church. She was married Feb. 15, 1964, to Don E. Green at Poplar Bluff...

Harold W. Cassinger NEELYVILLE, Mo. -- Harold W. Cassinger, 85, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., formerly of Neelyville, passed away in the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center Monday, Sept. 30, 2013. He was born June 17, 1927 at Coon Island, Mo., to the late Willie Cassinger and Nettie Mae Lawrence Cassinger. He had worked in timber and sawmill work. Harold enjoyed hunting. He was a member of the Coon Island Pentecostal Church...

Bob Faborito Bob Faborito, 90, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013 at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. He was born June 8, 1923, in Maui, Hawaii. On June 15, 1957, he married Jean Garrett in Chicago, Ill. She died in 1980. Surviving are his children: Val McCarthy, Bob Faborito, Cathy Emmons and Debbie Cassinger, one sister, four brothers, nine grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren...

Poplar Bluff football coach Mark Barousse is giving his young quarterback another option to throw at Friday night when the Mules host Northwest for Homecoming. Sikeston practically dared the Mules to throw it last week and sophomore Kameron Misner burned the Bulldogs twice for long touchdown passes...

Dr. George Ladyman Dr. George H. Ladyman, 84, of Williamsville, Mo., died Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Visitation will be held from 6-8 p.m. Friday at Cotrell Funeral Chapel in Poplar Bluff. The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral chapel with Cotrell Funeral Service in charge of arrangements...

Darrell Lillard DEXTER, Mo. -- Darrell Lynn Lillard, 47, of Summerville, S.C., died Monday, Sept. 30, 2013, at Medical University Hospital in Charleston, S.C. Friends may call from 12:30-2 p.m. Friday at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter. Funeral services will be follow at 2 p.m. Friday in the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Mike Kohlbaker officiating...

Bobby Emmons DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Robert Lee "Bobby" Emmons, 41, of Doniphan, Mo., died Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Thursday at the Edwards Funeral Home in Doniphan. A graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the Belleview Cemetery in Doniphan with Brother Edward Williams officiating...

For the second straight year, the Neelyville Tigers have powered through its fall schedule to earn the top spot in the upcoming Ozark Foothills Conference baseball tournament. The Tigers will receive a bye into the semifinals when the tournament starts Monday at Three Rivers College...

NAYLOR -- Naylor scored 13 runs in the third inning to beat the Donettes 14-1 in five innings Wednesday. Shaina Merrick went 1-for-2 and scored the lone run for Doniphan (6-7) in the first inning. Makayla March and Courtney Slayton also went 1-for-2...