Stories from Friday, September 21, 2018

“And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father.” -- Colossians 3:17 

Corn The USDA’s supply and demand report on September 12 was negative.  The corn yield was increase 2.9 bushels to a record 181.3 bu./acre.  Trade was expecting a one-bushel yield drop to 177.6.  Production was increased 241 million bushels from last month to 14.8 billion, second highest on record, and the ending stocks were increased 90 million bushels to 1.774 billion bushels.  The good news was demand was increased 125 million bushels from last month with feed and exports up 50 million bushels each and corn for ethanol up 25 million bushels. . ...

Sikeston DPS officers won’t wave back I am just calling to speak out about the Sikeston DPS. They are supposed to be friendly, protect and serve. I have ridden by at least eight officers and waved and not one of them has waved back. The police in Charleston, Mo., will take their time, they will sit and talk and they’ll laugh and they’ll joke. ...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Larry Ray Jones, 67, died Sept. 19, 2018, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born Nov. 4, 1950, in Hayti, son of the late George Harrison Jones and Sadie Lee Holt Jones, he had lived in Mississippi County most of his life and was of the Pentecostal belief. Having worked in construction as a truss builder, he had lived in Tupelo, Miss., a number of years. He was a U.S. Marine veteran...

OKEECHOBEE, Fla. — Loretta B. Smith, formerly of Charleston, Mo., died May 13, 2018, in Okeechobee. Born Oct. 22, 1927, at Medley, Mo., near the Dorena Community in Mississippi County, daughter of the late Fred and Lula Bevil, she taught school in Mississippi County Dorena and Hames Bayou Area for five years and one year at Belmont. ...

SIKESTON — Joseph "Joe" Ross, age 55, died Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018, at his home in Sikeston. Born March 8, 1963, in Chicago, Ill., son of the late Joseph and Sandra (Kujawa) Ross, Joe was a member of St. Barbara Catholic Church in Brookfield, Ill., and had attended St. Henry's Catholic Church in Charleston, Mo. He was a self-employed interior carpenter at Joe Ross & Sons...

SIKESTON — Janet Sue Kolwyck, 68, died Sept. 20, 2018, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born Aug. 7, 1950, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of the late Blan Wilfred and Elizabeth Elmyra Lamastus Kolwyck, she was of the Christian belief and a veteran of the United States Army, where she was a licensed practical nurse. She continued working as a nurse after her military service...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Sammy Denton, 69, died Sept. 20, 2018, at his home.  Born May 31, 1949, in East Prairie, son of the late William Alton and Mary Elizabeth Boswell Denton, he was employed for 25 years by Stanley Muffler in East Prairie. He was of the Baptist belief...

Chester Cardwell works to put together part of the set for Miner Baptist Church’s upcoming Judgement House scheduled for 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Oct. 3 and 11; 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Oct. 6 and 13; and 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Oct. 7 and 14. The upcoming dramatic multi-scene, walk-through presentation about the truth of people’s choices and their consequences in life and thereafter is set to the theme of “Behind the Family Portrait. The reservation phone line, (573) 471-4266, opens Sept. 24...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — For more than seven decades Portageville residents have celebrated the arrival of the fall harvest season with the Soybean Festival. As the Sept. 29 opening nears, the planning and work is well underway. “For us, the Soybean Festival is a very big deal,” said Clint Klipfel, president of the Portageville Chamber of Commerce, which sponsors the annual event. ...

SIKESTON — The 2018 parade grand marshal for the 74th Annual Cotton Carnival Parade will be Barbara “Babs” Tyrone of Sikeston. Set for 10 a.m. Sept. 29, this year’s parade theme is “A Salute to the American Legion Post 114 Auxiliary.” Born in Sikeston where she has lived most of her life, Tyrone is married to Gene Tyrone and has two children, Jessica Guzman of Sikeston and Joey Looney of Seattle, Wash. ...

SIKESTON — The cotton harvest is underway which also means it’s time for the 74th Annual Sikeston American Legion Cotton Carnival. The Henry Meldrum Post No. 114 of the American Legion’s annual fundraiser will run Tuesday through Saturday at the Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo grounds. “A Salute to American Legion Auxiliary” is this year’s theme...