Stories from Friday, September 27, 2019

Predicting the ups and downs of the economy is a lot like precisely forecasting the weather or charting the possible path of a hurricane. Economic conditions can change quickly and are dependent on myriad domestic and global factors. That was one of the main takeaways from a presentation Thursday by economists from the Federal Reserve Bank in St. Louis on the Southeast Missouri State University campus...

NEW MADRID, Mo. - Thomas Drummond never planned to be a school principal. For 24 years he served in the U.S. Army. His career would take him to Fort Dix, N.J., Fort Polk, La., and as far away as Korea. Eventually Drummond joined Southeast Missouri State University at Cape Girardeau, Mo., as a senior military science instructor while also earning his Bachelor of General Studies degree in 1998...

SIKESTON — The Sikeston/Bootheel Area United Way kicked off their 2019-20 campaign Friday afternoon with a luncheon at Fox Haven Country Club in Sikeston. Lisa Angle, executive director of the Sikeston/Bootheel Area United Way, said an emphasis this year is to let people know that the money stays in the area...

SIKESTON — It all began as a friendship. Kenny King, pastor of Smith Chapel in Sikeston with a black congregation, and William Marshall of Trinity Baptist with a white congregation struck up a friendship after a Fields of Faith event in October of 2017. The two pastors began meeting for lunch and talking about their beliefs and their views on the word of God...

SIKESTON — Chris Conroy, vice president and general manager of KFVS-TV, has been named to the board of directors of Southeast Missouri Food Bank. “We are incredibly grateful to have Chris join our board,” said SEMO Food Bank Chief Executive Officer Joey Keys. “Not only is he an energetic leader in the broadcast media industry, he has experience serving on a food bank board. We’re looking forward to him bringing those skills to our organization.”...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Tessa Springer was recently hired at Hurley & Associates as farm marketing consultant in their Charleston office. Springer is a licensed commodities broker and works closely with farm clients’ budgets, cash flow requirements and risk management strategies toward a financially healthy conclusion to each crop year...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Saint Francis Healthcare System has announced that Ricardo A. Georges, MD, DABA has joined Saint Francis Pain Management Center. Georges hails from from Queens, New York where he was born, raised and pursued his career in medicine. ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Saint Francis Healthcare System has announced that Krystle Smith, RN, BSN has been promoted to Manager of Patient Care Resources. As manager of Patient Care Resources, Smith is responsible for shift administrators, the transfer center, staffing office, telemonitor technicians, patient care technicians, float pool patient care associates and transporters...

Ugly American kills local possum Why would someone deliberately, and it had to be deliberate, run over a little possum on Wallace last night? I happen to know that possum has a baby. You’re the kind of ugly killer American I hate. I hate you. And I hope you come to a bad end. ...

Leading with grace. That is the motto of Sikeston pastors Kenny King and William Marshall as they merge their two churches to form a new church, Grace Bible Fellowship. The churches, Smith Chapel, a historically black church and Trinity Baptist, a historically white church, voted to merge earlier this month. That is no small thing in this community...

ROCKFORD, Ill. — Ruth Ann Eilders, 81, died Sept. 16 at The Arbors at Autumn Creek in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Born Oct. 15, 1937 in Stephenson County, Ill. to the late Elmer W. and Helen Shadle Gartner, she graduated from Lena High School in 1955 and was a bookkeeper who enjoyed crocheting and knitting...