Stories from Saturday, September 15, 2018

Most of the more meaningful things of life are not to be found in the market place. One of the most basic things in life is the need to be loved. Love is more of a response than something learned. Who taught us to love our parents, our brothers and sisters, our grandparents or even our friends and fellowmen? 1 John 4:19 says, "We love Him (God) because He first loved us." The more we show love for others, the more we are loved...

Blanche Lee, 85, of Higginsville died Aug. 18, 2018 at the Good Shepherd Nursing Home in Concordia. She was born Oct. 14, 1932 in Silva, Missouri to the late Luther and Elsie (Bridges) Woolard. She graduated from Puxico, Missouri, High School on May 6, 1949. She married Albert Lee on Aug. 4, 1951. He preceded her in death on Nov. 10, 2012...

Shirley Mae (Storey) Arnold, 77, of McGhee died Aug. 26, 2018 at Poplar Bluff, Mo. Services were held August 29, 2018 at the Morgan Funeral Home Burial followed at the New Hope Cemetery in McGhee.

Pam Garner is a woman with a big heart. She feels things deeply -- empathy, compassion, gratitude -- and because of that, one of her greatest satisfactions is being able to help those less fortunate. "When you have been on the receiving end of kindness and selfless giving, I think it is only natural to want to repay those gestures," she explains. ...

Staff Reports The City of Puxico Board of Aldermen has set aside the first Friday and Saturday in October, Oct. 5-6 as the time for the Fall City-Wide Yard Sale. Time frame for these yard sales will be from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. each day. The Mayor and Board hopes that as many residents as possible participate in these events...

Staff Reports CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- A Puxico man was sentenced to more than 18 years in federal prison Monday on a child pornography charge. James M. Davenport, 28, was sentenced to 220 months on the felony of receipt of child pornography by U.S. District Judge John A. Ross, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office...

Staff Reports At it's Aug. 23 meeting the City of Puxico Board of Aldermen approved Ordinance 18-02, which established regulations for the operation of golf carts on Puxico's city streets, alleys and highways. This ordinance states that anyone who uses a golf cart on city streets must register that golf cart with the City of Puxico and obtain a permit to use it on the streets. ...

GREENVILLE -- In 1818, nearly three years before Missouri became a state, Wayne County was one of the largest territories of the area. It was actually larger than four states combined at the time -- Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Delaware...

The Stoddard County assessor and juvenile offices will each soon see a new vehicle for their division. The Stoddard County Development Corporation approved a loan resolution and grant application to purchase vehicles for the two offices during Monday morning's commission meeting...

After an eight-month hiatus, Missouri's archery deer and turkey season is opened Saturday, and for a lot of bowhunters, it didn't get here quickly enough. The good news is the state's deer population, especially in the southern counties, is doing very well...

Staff Reports The City of Puxico Board of Aldermen set from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, as a time for the City-Wide Clean-Up. As was done last year, a dumpster will be set up on the west side of the City Hall parking lot on September 29. The dumpster will be there only the one day from 7 a.m. ...

SEMO News Service The Puxico baseball team snapped a two-game losing skid as Lucas Plunkett knocked a walk-off single to edge Neelyville 4-3, completing a comeback as the Indians trailed by two runs in the seventh on Tuesday, Sept. 11. Dalton Phillips and Kasen Barnfield led Puxico (2-5) with three hits apiece. Barnfield went the whole way on the mound and struck out six Neelyville (1-8) batters on the day while allowing just two earned runs...

Each year, the Stoddard County Fair takes over the fairgrounds for five days of fun, food and livestock. It's the behind the scenes people and the many hours they volunteer year-round that make an event of its size look seamless. "The fair is all volunteers," Stoddard County Fair board President Henry Kestner said. "We receive no state, federal or local funding for anything."...

By NANCY NELSON VINES Contributing Writer "The fair played a huge part in my becoming the person I am today," reflects Megan DeLisle. "Truly. My work ethic, fearlessness, and self-confidence are a result of the many years I devoted to 4-H and fair competitions."...

Amy Paige Walker and Ethan W. Walker of Bloomfield, Mo., are the parents of a daughter named Remington Faith Walker born at 3:53 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018, at the Family Birthplace, St. Francis Healthcare System, Cape Girardeau, Mo. Remington weighed 6 pounds and 3 ounces and was 19 inches long...