Stories from Tuesday, February 12, 2013

sports@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- An all-around game from the Sikeston Lady Bulldogs helped them race past the visiting Portageville Lady Bulldogs 70-45 Monday at the Sikeston Field House. As a whole, Sikeston shot 38 percent from the floor but went 6 of 15 from behind the arc (40 percent). Sikeston shot 43 percent from inside the 3-point line while four players scored in double digits...

sports@standard-democrat.com CHARLESTON -- After a relatively slow start on Monday, the Charleston Bluejays opened up the final week of the regular season with a dominant 89-35 win over the Doniphan Dons. Delfincko Bogan and Darrion Carter led the way with 17 points each on a night where six Bluejays posted double-digit scoring totals...

CHARLESTON -- Mary E. Simpkins, 78, died Feb. 12, 2013, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Arrangements are incomplete with McMikle Funeral Home.

ORAN -- Lavada Moore, 69, died Feb. 11, 2013, at her daughter's home in Oran. Arrangements are incomplete with Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston.

DEXTER -- Tim Lee, 48, died Feb. 10, 2013, at Poplar Bluff. Arrangements are incomplete with the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter.

ORAN -- Paul Jerome Simmons, 78, died Feb. 10, 2013. Born Dec. 2, 1934, in St. Louis, son of the late James Simmons and Minnie Ditterline Simmons Stehr, he was a finish carpenter, working for Starzinger Cabinetry in Pocohantas. He was a member of the Guardian Angel Catholic Church in Oran and a veteran of the U.S. Army...

EAST PRAIRIE -- James Gerald McLain, 83, died at 4:38 p.m. Feb. 9, 2013, at his home. Born Jan. 26, 1930, in the Four Corners community near East Prairie, son of the late Floyd Edward and Annie Powers McLain, for over 35 years he lived in the St. Louis area where he was employed as a maintenance supervisor at the Washington University and was a member of the U.A.W. ...

SIKESTON -- Hazelle Penney Wilson, 96, of Sikeston died Feb. 9, 2013, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center. Born Dec. 10, 1916, in Sikeston, to the late Harry C. and Hazel Penney Young, she was a homemaker and member of the First United Methodist Church of Sikeston. She was a 50-year member of the Kingshighway Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and a member of United Methodist Women...

JEFFERSON CITY -- Mrs. Kathleen L. "Katy" Duckett, age 83 years, of Jefferson City died Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, at St. Mary's Health Center. Kathleen was born Aug. 7, 1929, in Brandsville, the daughter of Gerald R. and Velda H. Driskill Gregory. She was married on June 28, 1947 in Williamsville, to John M. Duckett...

leonnah@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- The Kenny Rogers Children's Center is once again searching for the area's best singers to perform in its upcoming 33rd annual telethon. Auditions for the eighth annual Telethon Idol will take place Saturday at West Park Mall in Cape Girardeau at the JC Penney wing...

Campfires are special. The smoke and burning embers invite us to draw near. They insulate us from the dark night that surrounds a campsite. A group of young boys around a campfire always find plenty to talk and laugh about long into the early morning hours. Campfires are great memories...