Stories from Tuesday, March 3, 2009

DEXTER -- Pallbearers for services conducted Monday at Watkins & Sons Funeral Home in Dexter for Winnie I. Spickelmier, 90, who died Feb. 27, 2009, were: Stan Snider, Tim Snider, Brook Reinhold, Norman Reinhold, Luke Reinhold, Colin Shaw and Miles Shaw...

SIKESTON -- Melvin Miller, 83, died March 2, 2009, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Arrangements are incomplete at Ponder Funeral Home in Sikeston.

CAIRO, Ill. -- Edwina S. "Winnie" Stokes, 86, died March 1, 2009, at her home. Funeral arrangements are with the Barkett Funeral Home in Cairo. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

BERNIE -- Geraldine W. Boyle, 89, died March 2, 2009, at the Malden Nursing Center. Funeral arrangements are with the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

SIKESTON -- Ralph W. Armour, 93, died March 2, 2009, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete with Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston.

MALINTA, Ohio -- Regis N. "Slim" Kieffer, 84, died Sunday, March 1, 2009, at his home. Funeral arrangements are with the Rodenberger Funeral Home in Napoleon. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

CHAFFEE -- Glenda Rae Davis, 56, died at 5:05 p.m. Feb. 28, 2009, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Funeral arrangements are with the Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

CLARKTON -- The Risco Tigers advanced to the semifinal round of the Class 1, District 1 tournament on Monday night with a lopsided 89-29 win over the Southland Rebels. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

CHAFFEE -- The Oran Lady Eagles have made their way into the Class 2, District 3 championship game Thursday evening. Oran, victorious over the Saxony Lutheran Lady Crusaders Monday evening by a score of 51-41, improves to .500 on the season with an 11-11 record...

CHARLESTON -- The No. 1 seeded Charleston Bluejays kicked off the Class 3, District 1 boys tournament with a 77-37 rout of the No. 8 seed Caruthersville Tigers on Monday afternoon. A quick start in the first quarter from the Kelly Hawks turned out all for naught as the No. 5 seed Scott City Rams mildly upset the No. 4 seeded Hawks on Monday night in a 69-54 season ending loss...

HAYTI - One death is being attributed to the weekend's snowstorm. The body of Carolyn Brown, 51, was found during a search at 2:11 p.m. Sunday by law enforcement agencies, a local rescue unit, family members and volunteers. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

SIKESTON -- Due to Saturday's inclement weather, the Sikeston Community Cleanup Day is rescheduled for March 7. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

PORTAGEVILLE - The city of Portageville will ask its citizens in April whether the city limits should be extended. At Monday evening's meeting, Councilman Ervin Gremard presented the Board of Alderman with the annexation proposal which will go before voters on April 7...

SIKESTON -- Today's kindergartners are learning addition and subtraction, and some can even write in paragraph-form by the end of the school year. For these reasons and more, it's even more essential for parents to have their children screened before entering kindergarten...

SIKESTON -- The 34th annual Regional High School Art Show may be the biggest ever. As of Monday, about 140 pieces of art by over 100 different students of 10 area high schools was submitted, according to Mike Marsh, director of the Sikeston Depot. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...