Stories from Friday, June 22, 2012

Carol Adams, 69, of Dexter, Mo., died Tuesday, June 19, 2012, at her residence. Mrs. Adams was born Nov. 20, 1942, in Fisk, Mo. She had lived at Dexter for 15 years and had worked at Tyson Foods and Cypress Point Skilled Nursing Center. Survivors include her mother, Helen Hufstedler of Dexter; one son, Charles Edward Adams of Dexter; four brothers, Danny Tippen of Dexter, Tom Tippen and John Tippen, both of Poplar Bluff, and David Tippen of Wappapello; two sisters, Joyce Huggins of Corning, Ark., and Lois Orr of Norman, Okla.; three grandchildren, John Lopez and fiancée Angela Helton, Brittany March, and Joseph Lopez; and five great-grandchildren, Tyler Lopez, Jaycie March, Kaylei Adams, Kiana Lopez, and Joey Lopez, Jr.. ...

The second annual Terry Woods Memorial Golf Tournament will be held Saturday (June 30th) at Hidden Trails Country Club in Dexter. Entry into the one-day event is $300 per four person team or $75 per individual. Entry is limited to the first 36 teams. Prizes will be awarded in different flight...

There's still time to sign up for Bearcat Boys Basketball Summer Camp 2012. The four-day camp will be held at the Bearcat Event Center and begin on June 25th (Monday) and run through June 28th (Thursday), according to camp officials. There will be three sessions for different age groups. The sessions are as follows: First, second and third grades from 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.; fourth, fifth and sixth grades from 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.; and seventh and eighth grades from 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m...

Brevin kept it brief. Brent barely beat the Bell. The end results were the same during the first round of match play at the 105th Missouri Amateur on Thursday at Dalhousie Golf Club. The two Cape Girardeau golfers, who finished one-two in the stroke-play portion of the tournament, moved on to today's second round of matches with victories...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- About 250 waterfowl supporters turned out for Saturday's 75th Anniver-sary Ducks Unlimited banquet and auction at the Black River Coliseum, an event hosted by 12 Southeast Missouri Ducks Unlimited chapters. "It was one of the most exciting banquets, and it was awesome to see the teamwork, all the chapters working as one," said Ducks Unlimited Regional Director Jimbo Robinson...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- A Dexter woman pled guilty Wednesday to felony stealing after being accused of stealing nearly $500,000. Kathy Ellsworth, 48, of Dexter, is accused of forging what is currently believed to be a total of $485,000 in checks from her employer...

Members of the Stoddard County Ambulance District (SCAD) Board of Directors were told of the hiring of Dr. Bobby Jibben as new medical director for the district and discussed payments received from the Missouri EMS Agent Corporation (MoEMSAC) at their regular meeting Wednesday night. They also heard about design problems with new back/spine boards purchased by the district...

The Bootheel Regional Planning and Economic Development Commission (BRPC) heard a report from City Administrator Mark Stidham about proposals to fund transportation in the state, and also approved a 2012-2013 budget for the commission at its regular meeting Thursday afternoon...

The children of Earl and Neva Young of Dexter will be hosting a reception in honor of the couple's 70th wedding anniversary. Friends and family are invited to attend the drop-in reception on Sunday, July 1 at Cox Corner (formerly Patricia's) on Business 60 in Dexter from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m. The presence of friends and family is requested to be the couple's only gifts. The Youngs are shown above in a photo near the time of their marriage in June 1942, and at left in a present day photo...

Bailey Dawne Cato of Dexter, Mo., and Theodore Joshua Czupryk of Lynn Haven, Fla., were married at 4:30 in the afternoon on May 19, 2012 at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Panama City, Fla. The bride, daughter of Edwin and Jeannie Cato of Dexter, Mo., graduated from the University of Oklahoma and is employed as the site director of the TNTP Nashville Teaching Fellows...

The parents of Brooke Elaine Thrower and Kyle Freeman Chipman are pleased to announce their engagement and upcoming marriage on July 28, 2012. Brooke is the daughter of Tom and Debbie Thrower of Dexter, Mo. She is a 2008 graduate of Dexter High School and a 2011 graduate of Southeast Missouri State University. She is currently a graduate student it Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson, Miss., pursuing a master's degree in counseling and Marriage and Family Therapy...

Librarian Reita LeBeau, at left, was joined in song by her husband Phil, at right, and Central Elementary School's Music Director, Delisa Sitze, in leading camp songs for Wednesday's second installment of the "Dream Big" series held each Wednesday through July 18. A crowd of 165 took part in this week's series, "We're going on a campout!"...