Stories from Friday, November 6, 2015

BENTON -- A Scott County school will once again offer its annual ceremony honoring area veterans while teaching students the true meaning of service. The annual "Thank a Veteran" assembly will begin at 10 a.m. Nov. 13 in the gymnasium at Kelly High School in Benton. Following the ceremony, veterans are invited to eat a Thanksgiving-themed dinner served to them by the students...

JEFFERSON CITY -- A Sikeston man claimed a $100,000 Missouri Lottery jackpot. Jason Bell, 43, purchased the winning Show Me Cash ticket at MDK Groceries, 22976 U.S. Highway 61, in Oran. He matched all five winning numbers for the Oct. 27 Show Me Cash drawing. The winning numbers were: 4, 19, 24, 28 and 33...

Work continues on the new Malco Theatre, an eight-cinema complex being built behind the Cotton Ridge Development located off Highway 60, west of Walmart near Hennings Drive and Lawrence Street. The new theatre anticipates opening in the Spring of 2016...

scottw@standard-democrat.com EAST PRAIRIE -- Big Oak Tree State Park has the state park system's first nationally certified outdoor classroom. "It's called a Nature Explore Classroom," said Jennifer Weaver, manager of Big Oak Tree State Park for Missouri State Parks. "We got the classroom built late this summer and received our certification in late October. I'm really pleased with the way it turned out."...

HAYTI -- A Hayti woman was fatally injured in a one-vehicle accident that occurred at 10:40 a.m. Thursday two miles south of Hayti. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Everlene Fane, 60, was traveling south on County Road 407, when her vehicle crossed the center of the road, overcorrected, ran off the left side of the road, struck a ditch and overturned...

BENTON -- A Vanduser woman has been charged after being found at the scene of burglary. Tawny Divietro, 29, is charged with the Class C felony of second degree burglary and the Class D felony of possession of burglary tools. According to Scott County Sheriff Rick Walter, deputies responded to a residence in Morley on Wednesday for a report of a burglary in progress. Deputies were told the suspect had entered the residence by opening a closed window and crawling inside...

SIKESTON -- Thurman Phillip Dambach, 83, was called out of this Vale of Tears on Wednesday evening, Nov. 4, 2015, while at home. For the complete obituary, see the Friday edition of the Standard Democrat.

DEXTER -- Doris A. Elder, 76, died Nov. 3, 2015, at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau. For the complete obituary, see Friday's edition of the Standard Democrat.

SIKESTON - Sandy Winberry, 60, died Nov. 5, 2015, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. For the complete obituary, see the Friday edition of the Standard Democrat.

DEXTER -- Estelle Marie Allen Martin, 85, died Nov. 4, 2015, at Cypress Point Skilled Nursing Center in Dexter. For the complete obituary, see the Friday edition of the Standard Democrat.

MARSTON -- Margaret Louise Stevens, 82, died Nov. 5, 2015, at her home in Marston. For this obituary and more, see the Friday edition of the Standard Democrat.

EAST PRAIRIE -- Freddie Ditto died Nov. 5, 2015. For this obituary and more, see the Friday edition of the Standard Democrat.

If you're like I am, you often wonder what charities to give to. I recently got an email from a friend of who not to and who to give to. I checked the list out with Snopes and they agreed with this list. Do not give to the American Red Cross. Their president and CEO makes $652,000 plus expenses; the March of Dimes, only one dime of every dollar goes to charity; The United Way, their president receives $375,000 plus expenses; Unicef, their CEO receives $1,200,000 plus all expenses (and that includes a Rolls Royce car) and less than 5 percent goes to charity; Goodwill, CEO and owner makes $3 million a year. ...

scottw@standard-democrat.com BLOOMFIELD -- A Seabee who built everything from bunkers to an air fuel pipeline while under North Vietnamese attacks will be the keynote speaker for this year's Veterans Day Program at the Missouri Veterans Cemetery at Bloomfield...