Stories from Wednesday, April 10, 2013

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- The Bloomfield School Board awarded the contract to put a new roof on the Middle School to Pyramid Roofing in Sikeston at a cost of $166,530 at their regular meeting Monday night. The board also reorganized, electing Bill Robison as president...

A special luminaria ceremony during the American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Stoddard County remembers those lost to cancer and honors those who have battled and won. The luminaria candle lighting to represent these individuals is on Friday, May 3rd at 11 p.m. at Dexter West City Park...

BERNIE, Mo. -- Crediting conservative spending over the past three years, Bernie School Board members voted Monday night to grant certified staff members a step on the district's salary ladder and a four-percent pay raise for the 2013-14 school year...

The St. Louis Cardinals had a rough Monday. That's about as gently as it can be said. Their Tuesday wasn't much better until they sent Cincinnati Reds starting pitcher Bronson Arroyo back to the dugout. Arroyo, who was perfect through five innings, pushed through the Cardinals very similar to the Way Barry Zito shuts them down: slowly. Arroyo's curveball clocks in on average at 73 mph with his fourseam fastball landing in the 87 mph range according to data from brooksbaseball.net...

CHARLESTON, MO. -- Five Dexter pitchers scattered seven hits over seven inning and the Bearcats picked up a win over Charleston, 11-2, Tuesday afternoon at Hillhouse Park in Charleston. The win snapped a 3-game skid by the Bearcats, who now stand at 5-6 on the season...

CHARLESTON, MO. -- Dexter pitcher Riley Rickman pitched a one-hit, nine-strikeout complete game and the Lady Bearcats defeated Charleston on the road Tuesday, 13-3 in five innings. "We were able to take advantage of the Charleston pitcher's wildness," Dexter coach Leonard Morse commented. "We scored seven runs in the third inning on just three hits. Errors hurt Charleston."...

Russell Milton Parker formerly of Essex, Mo., died April 6, 2013, at the Golden Living Center in Dexter, Mo., at the age of 77. Mr. Parker was born April 27, 1935, in Luxora, Ark., to the late Harvey and Maggie Mae Manning Parker. In 1977 he married Maxine Burney who preceded him in death...

Earshel Akridge, 67, son of the late Hershel Akridge and Katherine Tanner Akridge, was born on Dec. 5, 1945, at Gideon and died at his residence near Parma on April 8, 2013. Mr. Akridge was a former farmer and mechanic. He was a resident of rural Parma...

Desmond Becker, 81, of Sikeston and formerly of Dexter, died on April 9, 2013, at his residence in Sikeston. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter.

Ellen Rowena Sattler, daughter of the late Thelma Britton, was born on March 25, 1955, in Gray Ridge, Mo., and died at her residence at Dexter on April 8, 2013, at the age of 58. Mrs. Sattler was a member of the Light-house Christian Church in Dexter and was a volunteer at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girar-deau. She was on the Southeast Missouri Hos-pital Auxiliary Board, a member of the Southeast Missouri Hospital Foun-dation Association and the Southeast Missouri Hos-pital Auxiliary...

Silas Sayre, son of the late Clyde and Winnie Davis Sayre, was born in Hayti, Mo., on Nov., 26, 1923, and died at the Southeast Health Center of Stoddard County in Dexter on April 9, 2013, at the age of 89. He had lived in Malden and moved to Dexter in 1947. He had been self employed as a carpenter and was a member of the Church of God International. He was a veteran of the U. S. Army serving during WWII...