Stories from Friday, April 17, 2015

By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer Dexter High School student Honey Patel won Best of Show award for her drawing "Out of the Shadows" at the 15th Annual Regional Juried High School Art Exhibit at the Margaret Harwell Art Museum. High school students from 21 area districts were invited to submit up to 12 originals works created in the 2014-15 school year...

By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer The first meeting of Poplar Bluff's city finance committee was marked by extensive discussion of the Black River Coliseum and the Eight Points redevelopment agreement. The new citizen board has been tasked with digging into city finances to offer input and recommendations to the city council...

By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer Since joining the volunteer staff of John J. Pershing VA Medical Center eight years ago, Terry Lay has devoted nearly 8,000 hours of her time to working with the veterans served by the facility. Now 73, Lay has no intention of slowing down. She spends eight to 10 hours a day helping out in the dental clinic, overseeing the summer youth volunteer program, assisting with events like the annual Valentine for Vets concert and offering a hand anywhere else it is needed...

By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor Ben Ressel, a former Raider basketball player, was elected the new chairman of the Three Rivers College Board Wednesday. He replaces Randy Grassham of Van Buren, who served as chairman during the past year. "When I graduated in 1997, I did not think I would be working in Poplar Bluff or be chairman of the college board," Ressel said after the meeting. "Randy has done a really good job. I have some big shoes to fill."...

Judging from the phone calls and office visits, people are starting to plant their gardens. Gardeners will get a lot of satisfaction out of weed free gardens and an abundance of delicious veggies. While we pull weeds, water, and tend to the garden, we also need to check out our food preservation equipment before we start preserving...

Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center, Healthcare, 1300 Briggs & Stratton Corp., Manufacturing, 1050 Poplar Bluff R-1 Schools, School District, 720 John J. Pershing V.A. Medical Center, Healthcare, 580 Gates Corporation, Manufacturing, 550 Wal-mart Supercenter, Discount Store, 456...

By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER "Negotiations ... to prevent an Iranian capability to develop a nuclear arsenal are ending with an agreement that concedes this very capability ..." -- Henry Kissinger and George Shultz, The Wall Street Journal, April 8 WASHINGTON -- It was but a year and a half ago that Barack Obama endorsed the objective of abolition when he said that Iran's heavily fortified Fordow nuclear facility, its plutonium-producing heavy-water reactor and its advanced centrifuges were all unnecessary for a civilian nuclear program. ...

Issue with bus routes I would like to know what percentage of each of these schools do the children actually ride the school buses. I realize the vast majority of the children who are being brought to school do not qualify for bus service because they fall within that one mile radius where bus services are denied. ...

To the Editor: In the early morning hours of Feb. 21 I woke up to change my grandson's diaper. I thought I smelled smoke but when I checked everywhere I couldn't see anything and none of the smoke alarms were sounding. We had smoke alarms in every room!...

Dooley Fair MALDEN, Mo. -- Dooley Fair, 79, of Dyersburg, Tenn., died Saturday, April 11, 2015, at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Visitation will be at noon Friday at the Bradshaw Funeral Home in Malden. The funeral will follow at 1 p.m. Friday in the funeral home chapel. Burial will be in the Macedonia Cemetery in Malden...

Glenda Green PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Glenda Louise Green, 80, of Clark, Mo. died Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. There will be a memorial service at Grisham Cemetery at 1 p.m. Friday. Everyone should meet on back lot of Ruegg Funeral Home to go in procession at 12:15 p.m...

Founded in 1887, Southern Bank will be celebrating it's 128-year anniversary on Friday, April 17 by giving back to customers and community members by hosting #OnUs events at more than 20 restaurants and businesses across Southern Missouri and Northern Arkansas...

Kenneth Vert FISK, Mo. -- Kenneth Vert, 65, of Fisk died Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at Saint Frances Medical Center in Cape Giradeau. Arrangements are pending with Fowler-Sullivan Funeral Home in Poplar Bluff.

Cynthia Bauer of Cape Girardeau will tell you she was down on her luck, but faith that the Missouri Lottery would deliver finally paid off. Bauer purchased a Quick Pick ticket for the Show Me Cash drawing on March 7. Her numbers came in, and she was able to claim the $462,000 jackpot on April 9. She saw this coming...

PIEDMONT -- Bernie narrowly prevented a comeback. The Lady Mules took an early 7-1 lead through three innings, but stalled on offense and faltered on defense as Clearwater chipped away. The Lady Tigers scored at least two runs in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings, but couldn't roll things over to the top of the lineup in the seventh as Bernie won 10-8 Wednesday...

Charles W. Kohlhauff Charles W. Kohlhauff, 83, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., went to be with Jesus on Sunday, April 12, 2015 at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Mr. Kohlhauff was born April 23, 1931 in Wardell, Mo. to the late Charles and Agnes (Stine) Kohlhauff...

CAMDENTON, Mo. -- The Poplar Bluff golf team placed seventh, winning a tiebreaker against a team the Mules will face in the district tournament Wednesday in the Camdenton Invitational. Nick Woolard shot 6-over-par 77 to lead the Mules and tie for 13th with nine others at Old Kinderhook...

Randy Graham Randy Allen Graham, 55, of Poplar Bluff, died Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mr. Graham was born June 29, 1959 to the late William Woodrow and Della Irene Browning Graham. He enjoyed gardening. Survivors include two sisters, Shirley Batson and Barbara Lumsden; and a brother. Billy Graham, all of Poplar Bluff...

KIRKWOOD -- Amber Johnson and Demesha Huddleston are sharing a pretty big spotlight right now. In Wednesday's doubleheader at St. Louis, Huddleston tied the Three Rivers career home run record and Johnson became the new Division I leader in stolen bases...

Nora Bennett DEXTER -- Nora Yvonne Bennett, 79, of Dexter died Tuesday, April 14, 2015, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will begin at noon Friday at the Watkins & Sons Funeral Home in Dexter with the funeral starting at noon in the funeral home chapel with Rev. Brandon Powell of Dexter officiating. Burial will be in the Missouri Veteran's Cemetery in Bloomfield...

ALTON -- Van Buren won the Big Springs Conference tournament after yet another fantastic game by Summer Shockley. Shockley, who struck out 15 in the semifinals, finished with three hits and two walks allowed and 13 strikeouts in a 6-2 win over Winona...