[SeMissourian.com] Fair ~ 59°F  
River stage: 32.76 ft. Rising
Friday, May 24, 2013

Stories from Thursday, March 22, 2012

Southeast Missouri Food Bank in crunch to give away tax credits (03/22/12)
The Southeast Missouri Food Bank is struggling to give its state tax credits to eligible donors before they expire at the end of this month.
Cape County Commission to vote on exploring courthouse upgrade (03/22/12)
The Cape Girardeau County Commission is expected to decide during today's meeting whether to contract with architectural firms to review the county's courthouses and other facilities, with a possible eye toward consolidation or construction of a new courthouse.
'Trust your instincts': Cape officials say trails, parks are safe despite recent assault (03/22/12)
Especially during the warmer months, Jessica Cinco can frequently be found along the Cape La Croix Recreational Trail. So when the Cape Girardeau resident learned earlier this month that a woman was forced at gunpoint from the path of Cinco's regular bike rides, it naturally left her a bit shaken...
De Soto Democrat joins 8th District race (03/22/12)
DE SOTO, Mo. -- Todd Mahn, a political newcomer who owns two funeral homes in Jefferson County, has filed to run for the 8th Congressional District in the U.S. House, meaning a pair from each political party will square off in the Aug. 7 primary...
Scott County narrows down choices for 911 services (03/22/12)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Sikeston city and Scott County officials will soon come to a decision on a proposed merger of 911 dispatching services. Figures that should represent a "worst-case scenario" for the cost to merge 911 services were presented by Sikeston Department of Public Safety director Drew Juden to a group of city and county officials during a special meeting Tuesday...
Federal judge declares Mo. flag burning statute unconstitutional (03/22/12)
A federal judge's ruling Tuesday about the legality of flag desecration tells people what they already knew, according to Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney Morley Swingle -- that the Missouri statute prohibiting it is unconstitutional...
Police search for parole absconder in connection with kidnapping (03/22/12)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Local authorities are searching for a parole absconder wanted for questioning in connection with a Tuesday suspected kidnapping and robbery that began on the Walmart Supercenter parking lot. At about 7:15 a.m. Tuesday, Poplar Bluff Police Lt. David Sutton said, a 27-year-old Poplar Bluff woman came to the police department to report "she had been kidnapped and robbed as she left Walmart" at about 6:30 a.m...
Candidate questionnaire: Matt Puchbauer (03/22/12)
NAME: Matt Puchbauer AGE: 48 PLACE OF BIRTH: Cape Girardeau, MO SPOUSE, CHILDREN'S NAMES: Wife: Nancy Son: Andrew, Sophomore at Oak Ridge OCCUPATION: Bank President EMPLOYER: Peoples Bank of Altenburg/Jackson BUSINESSES OWNED, ALL OR PART: NA PREVIOUS OFFICES HELD OR SOUGHT:...
Candidate questionnaire: David Collier (03/22/12)
NAME: David Collier AGE: 45 PLACE OF BIRTH: Memphis, Tn, SPOUSE, CHILDREN'S NAMES: Wife: Dawn-1988 Kelly graduate Children: Kama-Kelly Junior High and Layne-Kelly Elementary OCCUPATION: Electrical and Instrumentation Planner EMPLOYER: Associated Electric Cooperative Inc...
Candidate questionnaire: Beth McDonough-Cox (03/22/12)
NAME: Beth McDonough Cox AGE: 40 PLACE OF BIRTH: St. Louis, MO SPOUSE, CHILDREN'S NAMES: Matthew Cox, married 19 years Hunter Cox, 18 Braden Cox, 13 OCCUPATION: State Regulatory Compliance Director EMPLOYER: Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield BUSINESSES OWNED, ALL OR PART: Matthew Cox Farms...
Highway 51 reduced for bridge work (03/22/12)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Highway 51 in Bollinger County will be reduced to one lane with a 12-foot width restriction as contractor crews replace bridge rails. This section of roadway is between County Road 800 and County Road 802, and will be controlled by temporary signals 24 hours a day. ...
I-55 in Perry County reduced for repairs (03/22/12)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- North- and southbound Interstate 55 in Perry County will be reduced to one lane with a 12-foot width restriction as Missouri Department of Transportation crews make pavement repairs. This section of highway is from Route M to Route J/P. ...
Boy rescued from bottom of embankment (03/22/12)
A 13-year-old boy was rescued by Scott City firefighters Tuesday night after being trapped at the bottom of a 75-foot embankment. Two young boys had been playing in the woods along an embankment off Lakeview Drive, north of Scott City, and found themselves unable to climb out, said fire chief Jay Cassout. One of the boys called his father, who helped him up, but the father could not rescue the second boy and called 911 for assistance about 6:30 p.m., Cassout said...
Fisherman takes advantage of the weather (03/22/12)
Steve French of Burfordville, Mo. reaches for the smallmouth bass he caught in the Whitewater River Wednesday morning, March 21, 2012 below the covered bridge at Bollinger Mill.
Southern Illinois to get $2.2 million for 2011 flood recovery (03/22/12)
Southern Illinois will receive a $2,285,489 supplemental National Emergency Grant to fund continuing recovery efforts following storms and flooding that affected the region in April and May last year. The funds, from the U.S. Department of Labor, are being awarded to the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to create additional temporary jobs for cleanup work and to help workers find permanent employment after their temporary jobs end. ...
Motor carrier safety training offered in Sikeston (03/22/12)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- The Missouri Department of Transportation is offering seminars on commercial vehicle safety regulations to help commercial motor carriers comply with state and federal laws. A seminar is scheduled for April 6 from 8 a.m. until noon at MoDOT's Southeast District office in Sikeston. ...
Scott County Commission to open roof bids (03/22/12)
BENTON, Mo. -- Scott County Commissioners hope to see the courthouse roof ready by the building's centennial celebration. A prebid meeting for roofers interested in reconstruction of the roof on the north wing of the courthouse was held during the commission's regular meeting Tuesday...
Crowell vows to block one-time budget funds (03/22/12)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A Missouri senator warned Wednesday that he will block any efforts to generate one-time money for the state budget until there is consideration of sweeping changes to such things as the state's tax credit, pension and prison-and-probation systems...
Mo. House panel backs end to newspaper tax breaks (03/22/12)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Newspaper publishers in Missouri could have to pay more to buy paper, ink and other supplies under a measure endorsed Wednesday by a House panel. On a 7-5 vote, the House Tax Reform Committee backed a proposal to eliminate sales tax exemptions on newspaper equipment in order to help fund state medical subsidies for people who are blind. The measure now goes to the full House...
Mo. House restricts lawsuits against businesses (03/22/12)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The Missouri House has given first-round approval to legislation restricting lawsuits that stem from some crimes committed at businesses. Business owners would not have to guard against crimes unless they know one is about to be committed or the same crime has occurred there during the past two years. Under the bill, someone who sues the business would need to prove businesses' conduct caused or contributed to their injury...
State of Missouri launches severe weather site (03/22/12)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The state of Missouri is launching a new website to help residents be better prepared for severe weather. The site, stormaware.mo.gov, includes videos on how to take shelter in different types of buildings, information on tornado sirens and weather alert radios, and links to services that can send text messages alerting Missourians to approaching severe weather...
Mo. House backs measure on raising livestock (03/22/12)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The Missouri House has endorsed a bill giving farmers what the measure calls "a right to raise livestock." The measure states that farms and agriculture businesses only have to follow the laws that are in effect at the time they begin operations -- not those that are enacted sometime later...
Lawyers must adequately help on plea deals, Supreme Court says (03/22/12)
WASHINGTON -- Plea bargain negotiations between criminals and prosecutors will now come under constitutional scrutiny because a divided Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that convictions can be overturned if defense lawyers don't adequately assist clients in deciding whether to accept such offers...
State disability funds going broke, and going away (03/22/12)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- With hundreds of thousands of wounded veterans looking for work after World War II, many states offered businesses an incentive to hire the returning heroes. They created special disability funds to help pay the tab should a soldier with a missing arm or eye suffer a second, debilitating injury in a private-sector job...
Distracted driving campaign goes public in Mo. (03/22/12)
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -- Trauma surgeons, state troopers and the mother of a teen driver killed in a highway crash have been working to raise awareness about the dangers of distracted driving. Col. Ronald Replogle, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, urged legislators to make Missouri the 36th state to ban text messaging for all drivers. Missouri has barred drivers 21 and younger from texting while driving since 2009, but efforts to broaden that ban to all drivers have failed...
Off-the-charts pollen spreads allergy misery (03/22/12)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Allergy season has come early and hit with a wheezing vengeance in parts of the South and Midwest this year, thanks largely to an unusually warm winter. Abundant pollen is causing watery eyes, sniffles and sneezing. Doctors say the spring misery stretches from Mississippi to Ohio and from Georgia to Texas, where a drought has exacerbated the problem. ...
Small businesses see signs of improving economy (03/22/12)
Some diners at Hurricane Grill & Wings had been limiting themselves to a small order of the chain's saucy chicken wings and a glass of tap water. These days, many of those people are upgrading to a bigger order of as many as 15 wings and a soda. For Hurricane Grill, which sells its wings in more than 30 varieties of sauces, the larger plates and the sodas are a sign that customers are OK about spending a little more when they go out to eat...
Bernanke says U.S. banks could withstand euro shocks (03/22/12)
WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke told a congressional panel Wednesday that U.S. banks could withstand shocks from Europe, even if the debt crisis there significantly worsened. The U.S. banking system remains exposed to Europe, but stress tests conducted by the Fed found most banks could weather a severe recession triggered by the debt crisis, Bernanke told the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee...
Hot weather bodes ill for nation's ski resorts (03/22/12)
NEWRY, Maine -- Skiers stripped down to shorts and bikini tops to keep cool Wednesday as they got in a few final sun-drenched, slushy runs, bidding what could be an early goodbye to a season that has disappointed all around. An unprecedented spell of record temperatures soaring into the 80s had New England skiers dodging dirt patches and exposed rocks as melting snow spelled potentially millions in losses for those who make their living off winter tourism and sports...
Supreme Court sides with property owners over EPA (03/22/12)
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday that property owners have a right to prompt review by a judge of an important tool used by the Environmental Protection Agency to address water pollution. The court sided with an Idaho couple who object to an EPA order that blocked construction of their new home near a scenic lake and threatened fines of more than $30,000 a day...
U.S. suspends recovery of remains in N. Korea because of rocket plan (03/22/12)
WASHINGTON -- The United States said Wednesday it is suspending efforts to recover remains of thousands of fallen service members in North Korea, the latest sign that a recent thaw in relations is over. The U.S. was going to resume the hunt for remains missing from the 1950-1953 Korean War that had been on hold since 2005, the only form of cooperation between the two militaries...
Police: Iran has conducted surveillance in New York (03/22/12)
WASHINGTON -- Authorities have interviewed at least 13 people since 2005 with ties to Iran's government who were seen taking pictures of New York City landmarks, a senior New York Police Department official said Wednesday. Police consider these instances to be pre-operational surveillance, bolstering their concerns that Iran or its proxy terrorist group could be prepared to strike inside the United States, if provoked by escalating tensions between the two countries...
GOP support shifting toward Romney (03/22/12)
WASHINGTON -- The Republican establishment started to coalesce around Mitt Romney in earnest Wednesday, with Jeb Bush and other leading Republicans pressuring Rick Santorum to leave the race after a thumping in the Illinois primary. But, on what should have been a triumphant day, Romney found himself having to defend his conservative credentials anew after one of his own top advisers, Eric Fehrnstrom, remarked that "everything changes" for the fall campaign. ...
Honolulu judge restrains man who jumped on bench with chokehold (03/22/12)
HONOLULU -- It got personal for a judge in Honolulu when he put a man in a chokehold for jumping onto his bench and breaking a flagpole bearing the state flag, authorities said. District Judge Lono Lee knocked down Steven Michael Hauge and restrained him Monday after the man caused a ruckus in Lee's courtroom, Department of Public Safety spokeswoman Toni Schwartz told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser...
Living together no longer predicts divorce (03/22/12)
ATLANTA -- Nearly half of first marriages break up within 20 years, a new government study finds. With those odds, you might wonder: Would we be better off living together first? The new research, part of a marriage survey of 22,000 men and women, suggests times have changed from the days when living together signaled poor chances for a successful marriage later...
Wife says 'Kony 2012' director suffering from brief psychosis (03/22/12)
SAN DIEGO -- The director of a wildly popular video about brutal African warlord Joseph Kony has been diagnosed with brief psychosis and is expected to stay in the hospital for weeks, his wife said Wednesday. Jason Russell, 33, was hospitalized last week in San Diego after witnesses saw him pacing naked on a sidewalk, screaming incoherently and banging his fists on the pavement. He was in his underwear when police arrived...
Obama, GOP vie for upper hand on energy, gas prices (03/22/12)
BOULDER CITY, Nev. -- Wooing a nation of increasingly angry motorists, President Barack Obama and his Republican rivals are all plunging into gas-pump politics, seeking the upper hand as energy becomes a driving issue in the election campaign. The president is defending his energy agenda this week, traveling Wednesday to a solar panel plant in Nevada and later to oil and gas fields in New Mexico and the site of a future oil pipeline in Oklahoma that the White House is promising to accelerate. ...
Today in History (03/22/12)
Today is Thursday, March 22, the 82nd day of 2012. There are 284 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 22, 1765, the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act of 1765 to raise money from the American colonies, which fiercely resisted the tax. (The Stamp Act was repealed a year later.)...
French police press alleged gunman to surrender (03/22/12)
TOULOUSE, France -- Riot police set off explosions outside an apartment building early Thursday in an effort to force the surrender of a gunman who boasted of bringing France "to its knees" with an al-Qaida-linked terror spree that killed seven people...
Islamist groups seeking influence in Syria uprising (03/22/12)
BEIRUT -- The gunmen in eastern Syria, wielding grenade launchers and assault rifles, announced on the Internet they were forming the "God is Great" Brigade and joining the country's rebellion. They swore allegiance to the Free Syrian Army and vowed to topple President Bashar Assad...
Chinese spies target Taiwan's U.S.-made defenses (03/22/12)
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- When Taiwanese security personnel detained a suspected spy for China at a top secret military base last month, they may have had a sense of déjà vu. Air force Capt. Chiang -- he was identified only by his surname -- was the fourth Taiwanese in only 14 months known to have been picked up on charges of spying for China, from which the island split amid civil war 63 years ago. ...
Earthquake apparently spares lives in Mexico (03/22/12)
MEXICO CITY -- A powerful earthquake that shook Mexico from its massive capital to its resort-studded southern coast damaged hundreds of homes and sent thousands of panicked people fleeing from swaying office buildings, yet apparently didn't cause a single death...
Chaffee's Payne tames Cape Central baseball team (03/22/12)
The Chaffee baseball team defeated Cape Central for the first time since 2001.
Tisdell, Haertling earn top honors at SEMO Conference basketball banquet (03/22/12)
Cape Central's T.J. Tisdell and Jackson's Dru Haertling shared top honors in the conference.
High school roundup: Kelly baseball team's rally falls short vs. Sikeston (03/22/12)
All the scores from Wednesday that were reported to the Southeast Missourian.
Southeast Missouri State roundup: Tennessee-Martin sweeps Redhawks in OVC softball doubleheader (03/22/12)
All the news from the world of Southeast Missouri State athletics.
Area calendar 3/22/12 (03/22/12)
Baseball Cape Legion tryouts: Tryouts for the Cape Girardeau American Legion baseball teams will take place April 15 at Capaha Field. There will be three teams -- Senior Legion, Junior Legion and Freshman Legion. Tryouts for the Freshman and Junior Legion teams will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tryouts for the Senior Legion team will be from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Info: coach Steve Williams at williamss@cape.k12.mo.us...
Westbrook sharp again in Cardinals' win over Santana, Mets (03/22/12)
JUPITER, Fla. -- Johan Santana cleared another hurdle in his comeback from shoulder surgery. The New York Mets left-hander pitched six innings in his longest outing of spring training in a 2-1 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday. "We talked about the process in getting him ready for the season," Mets manager Terry Collins said. "There are some minor steps, there are some baby steps and there are some giant steps. Today was a giant step forward."...
Lohse to start opening day for Cardinals (03/22/12)
Carpenter returned to St. Louis to undergo more tests
Rams lose defensive coordinator (03/22/12)
ST. LOUIS -- Gregg Williams was answering the call from not just a longtime associate but one of his best friends when he was hired as the St. Louis Rams defensive coordinator in January. Coach Jeff Fisher says he had no idea Williams had been running a bounty pool in New Orleans...
The 'Hunger' craze comes to Cape Girardeau (03/22/12)
A teenager who hasn't read or at least heard of "The Hunger Games" book series is hard to find these days. At Cape Girardeau Central High School, librarian Julia Jorgensen said she can't keep the first book in the series on hand. Suzanne Collins' series of novels tell the story of Katniss Everdeen, a teenager living in a post-apocalyptic version of the United States with districts that pit one teen of each gender against each other in a battle to survive in a televised event. ...
neXt up 3/22/12 (03/22/12)
"The Hunger Games," rated PG13 @Cape West 14 Cine SATURDAY Sunday NEXT WEEK "Of Orcs and Men" PS3 X360 "Gears of War 3: Forces of Nature" X360 "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" PG-13 "A Dangerous Method" R Katy Perry, "Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection"...
Who's next 3/22/12 (03/22/12)
Scholarships honors, achievements -- From staff reports...
Hooked on Science: Make a hot ice sculpture (03/22/12)
Hot ice may not seem possible, but it is. Learn how by turning a hand warmer into a hot ice sculpture. STEP 2: Place the crystals in the middle of the plate. STEP 3: Using the scissors, cut open the other sodium acetate hand warmer and pour the liquid contents into the transparent glass. Place the glass in the refrigerator for 20 minutes...
Titanic a magnet for kids, but educators walk fine line (03/22/12)
NEW YORK -- Eleven-year-old John Payne has been a student of the Titanic since kindergarten. He has scrupulously researched the ship, built a model out of Legos freehand and successfully lobbied his fifth-grade teacher in suburban Chicago to let him mark the disaster's centennial with a multimedia presentation for his class...
Levi Collom (03/22/12)
BENTON, Mo. -- Levi Stephen Collom, 3, son of Glenn and Ellen "Ellie" Collom of Benton, died Sunday, March 18, 2012, at Cardinal Glennon Hospital in St. Louis. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. today at Ponder Funeral Home in Sikeston, Mo., with Ron Watts officiating. Burial will be in Forest Hills Memorial Cemetery in Morley, Mo...
Beulah DeLashmutt (03/22/12)
OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Beulah DeLashmutt, 91, of Olive Branch died Tuesday, March 20, 2012, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Dec. 26, 1920, in Wyatt, Mo., daughter of Lon and Beulah Lee Parks Ogborn. She married Charles Leon DeLashmutt on July 25, 1941. He preceded her in death June 30, 1998...
Dean Little Sr. (03/22/12)
Dean Little Sr., 70, of Scott City died Wednesday, March 21, 2012, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.
Alfred Menz (03/22/12)
KELSO, Mo. — Alfred A. Menz, 88, of Kelso died Wednesday, March 21, 2012, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.
Births 3/22/12 (03/22/12)
Daughter to William Lyle Cayce and Sheila Kaye Wade of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Hospital, 10:57 p.m. Friday, March 9, 2012. Name, Emerald Rose-Marchelle. Weight, 3 pounds, 8 ounces. Ms. Wade is the daughter of the late Dorothy Wade of Jackson. Cayce is the son of Phyllis Betts of Cape Girardeau and Randolph Cayce of Crystal City, Mo...
Cape Girardeau police report 3/22/12 (03/22/12)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests...
Jackson police and fire report 3/22/12 (03/22/12)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests Jackson Firefighters responded to the following calls Tuesday:...
Out of the past 3/22/12 (03/22/12)
Hacker Plumbing, Heating and Cooling Inc. has more than tripled its space by moving from 230 N. Main St. to 414 Commercial St.; the firm was founded 10 years ago by Bruce G. Hacker. The Mental Health Association in Cape Girardeau County has gone on record in support of working toward getting 30 beds for acute mental health patients placed in hospitals around Southeast Missouri; the placement is part of the conversion of the Farmington State Hospital into a prison, which began several years ago...
Restoring worker freedom in the federal workforce (03/22/12)
Unions are an indispensable part of the private sector, but unfortunately many federal employees, while not forced to join unions, work under conditions in which unions have a disproportionate voice. Federal employee unions cannot strike or negotiate over wages or benefits, which are set by Congress, but increasing numbers of federal employees are governed by collective bargaining agreements that grant wide latitude to unions...
Girl Scouts (03/22/12)
Many of us know the Girl Scouts as the young ladies who come around each year selling cookies -- and what good cookies they are. But the organization does much more than sell a sugary treat. Recently the national Girl Scouts organization celebrated its centennial anniversary. ...
Save the deer (03/22/12)
Although I live in Jackson, I have read virtually every article on the deer problem in Cape Girardeau. Although I love the deer, I can relate to the problem. When I lived on the farm, I had a pet llama. He loved to jump the fence and graze in the yard. I didn't mind until he trimmed my prized azalea down to the ground. No more llama after that, but I did not shoot him. I sold him...
Speak Out 3/22/12 (03/22/12)
CONGRATULATIONS! It's almost beyond belief. I've been around for a long time and I'll have to say the most dedicated and hardest working high school principal I've ever seen in this area, the state, perhaps the nation and, who knows, maybe the entire world, is none other than Cape Girardeau Central High School's Dr. Mike Cowan...
Prayer 3/22/12 (03/22/12)
O Heavenly Father, may we use the gifts you have blessed us with to honor you. Amen.
Saturday Speakers Series - Doreen Hannes (03/22/12)
This Saturday, March 24th, the Cape County Tea Party welcomes Doreen Hannes to speak at the Osage Center. Start time is 7:00pm. If you like food and owning your own land, you might want to attend this event! Doreen Hannes has been an avid student of the effects of World Trade Organization Free Trade Agreements on the livelihoods of citizens of the United States since the establishment of the WTO and ratification of NAFTA in 1994-95. ...
Girardot Chapter March Meeting (03/22/12)
On March 20, 2012 the Girardot Chapter met at the VFW Post 3838, 1049 N Kingshighway, Cape Girardeau. Kim Walsh from Avery presented "Business Solutions for Greater Productivity." Avery has a variety of products to help organize everything at work and at home: labels, binders, business cards and more. ...
MDA Heartland Muscle Walk (03/22/12)
Please make plans to "Make a Muscle, Make a difference" for MDA during the MDA Heartland Muscle Walk on Saturday, March 31st at the West Park Mall in Cape. Registration starts at 9am and the walk begins at 10am. You may walk with a team or join team MDA. Raise $74 and receive a walk T-Shirt, raise $300 and receive a shirt plus 2 cardinal tickets!...
Pellikan is Elks Student of Month (03/22/12)
Perryville Elks Lodge 2701 has chosen Perryville High School senior Josh Pellikan as its February 2012 Student of the Month. Pictured (from left) are Paul Turner of the Elks, Pellikan and Jeff Steffens, assistant principal at PHS as Turner presents a $500 scholarship to Pellikan. ...
Students, staff honored for positive behavior (03/22/12)
Two students and a staff member at Perryville High School were recently honored as part of the school-wide Positive Behavior Support (PBS) program. They are (from left) junior Colton McGraw, son of Scott and Penny McGraw, PHS art instructor Carolyn Hardaway, and sophomore Jessica Valleroy, daughter of Chris and Ronda Valleroy. They each received a $10 gift certificate from Walmart in Perryville...
Dalton Lohmann overcomes challenges at PECC (03/22/12)
Dalton Lohmann is 3 years old. He loves Barney. He likes to build things with his wooden blocks. He loves to spend time with his grandparents, and he likes riding the tractor with Daddy. Dalton is also a special needs student. "When I was 28 weeks pregnant, doctors told me that the baby had a heart defect and with that type of defect, it was possible that he also had trisomy-21, or Down's syndrome," his mother Christi said. ...
Good Samaritan: Abby Kidd (03/22/12)
After shopping in Cape, Tuesday, I prepared to drive back to Sikeston. I started the car and it died, displaying the "check engine' and "battery" lights. This happened 8-9 times as the car crept to the west side of the parking area. (I'm 82, forgot to bring my cellphone and have no knowledge of motors.) I entered Penneys to call someone for help. ...
Good Samaritan: John and Betty Sims (03/22/12)
I want to nominate my great neighbors, John and Betty Sims. Betty takes us to the doctor sometime. She brings in my trash cans, takes limbs out of my yard, helps rake my leaves, shovels snow, and shares her newspaper with her neighbors. She's always ready to visit and listen when I need to talk...
Good Samaritan: Neighbor, church (03/22/12)
Until two years ago when I had a stroke and back surgery at age 83, I was doing lawn and inside house work. I must now walk using a walker and sometimes a cane. My experiences with good samaritans are related to this. My neighbor of more than 30 years, Michael Allcock, is more than a good samaritan. ...
Good Samaritan: Mrs. Hornsby (03/22/12)
The Social Work Club donated 22 bottles of laundry detergent to the AMEN shelter in Cape Girardeau County. Priscilla Hornsby in the professor that got each student to bring in a bottle of detergent for the shelter. I am a social work intern at Community Caring Council and want to Thank the Social Work Club and Mrs. Hornsby at SEMO!...
Front cover
Browse other days

Browse full calendar