Stories from Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Registration remains open for "Augmester" classes at Three Rivers College through July 25, with seats still available in most classes. The Augmester session begins July 29. Registration is also still open for Fall classes through August 16, with the semester starting on August 19...

TAN-TAR-A RESORT, LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. -- The Missouri State Chapter of the P.E.O. Sisterhood held their 120th annual convention recently. More than 330 representatives of the P.E.O chapters, across Missouri attended the convention, held June 28-30, 2013, at the Tan-Tar-A Resort, Lake of the Ozarks...

Stoddard County Public School Retired Employees Association met Monday at Dexter's Hickory Log, with members participating in one of the organiation's annual projects. Each year retired school employees donate school supplies to be presented to the Gospel Rescue Mission which in turn will distribute the items to students in need throughout the county. ...

Southeast Missouri State football coach Tony Samuel never has put much stock in preseason polls, making him similar to most others in the profession. So Samuel hardly batted an eye Monday when the Redhawks were tabbed to finish toward the bottom of the Ohio Valley Conference and had no preseason all-conference selections during the league's annual media day in Nashville, Tenn...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- A Jackson man accused of detonating a pipe bomb last month outside a Cape Girardeau residence pleaded not guilty to three charges Monday in connection with the explosion. David Salzmann, 44, was charged with two felonies -- assault of a law enforcement officer and unlawful possession of a weapon -- and misdemeanor violation of an order of protection after a June 9 explosion outside a Spanish Street residence...

VAN BUREN, Mo. -- Already serving federal and state prison sentences, former Carter County sheriff Tommy Adams will appear in a Carter County courtroom next week after he was charged Friday with multiple felonies, including burglary and arson. Adams, 33, of Ellsinore, Mo., was charged with first- and second-degree burglary and three counts of second-degree arson by assistant attorney general David Hansen...

JEFFERSON CITY --Some members of the Missouri House of Representatives will get a closer look at the roles of river ports. Members of the House Issue Development Committee on Missouri Ports will visit seven ports in the St. Louis region and Southeast Missouri at the end of July...

Charles Lee Petty, son of the late Emilee Marie Burris Petty was born on Dec. 22, 1933, in St. Louis, Mo., and died on July 22, 2013, at his residence in Essex at the age of 79. Mr. Petty was raised by Earnest and Lura Burris with their son Bob Barrett when he moved to Dexter early in his childhood...

Charles Albert Lewis, the son of the late Elmer George and Edith Ethal Matteson Lewis, was born in Ponti-ac, Mich., on Jan. 17, 1937, and died at his home in Dexter, Mo., on July 20, 2013, at the age of 76. He moved to Dexter in 1979, then to Villa Ridge, Mo., from 1995 until 2000 when he returned to Dexter...

Ivan E. Coleman, Sr., 66, of Advance, died July 20, 2013, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. He was born April 21, 1947, at Zadock, Mo., the son of Lora "Lee" and Lois Dunivan Coleman. Ivan had been a truck driver for Cherokee Candy and Tobacco in St. Louis. He loved to hunt and fish and tinker outside...

Don Briggs, the son of the late Walter Edward and Edna Mae McCowen Briggs, was born in Creve Coeur, Mo., March 8, 1954, and died at his home in Dexter, July 17, 2013, at the age of 59. He had lived in Creve Coeur, Brentwood, Lake St. Louis and DeSoto, Mo., before moving to Dexter in 2002. ...

Derald Snider, Assistant Executive Director of PSRS/PEERS, the retired school employees retirement system, was the guest speaker Monday when the Stoddard County Public Schools Retirees Association (PSREA) gathered for their bi-monthly meeting in Dexter. Snider updated the retirees regarding issues effecting the teacher retirement system pending in the legislature fielded questions from the audience regarding their retirement system...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- The Missouri Department of Conservation alligator gar stocking program that began in 2007 at Mingo National Wildlife Refuge has grown to extend throughout areas of Southeast Missouri. Christopher Kennedy, MDC's Fisheries Regional Supervisor, said the project is part of the Department's mission to protect and manage fish in the state...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- As a former volleyball and gymnastics coach in the De Soto Public Schools, Elaine Gannon knows a thing or two about dealing with pressure. Her advice: "Stay calm, stay focused and play as a team." Now a freshman state lawmaker, Gannon may be about to experience her first true test of political pressure...

JEFFERSON CITY -- As temperatures reach well above 90 degrees across the state, the Missouri Department of Transportation advises motorists to be aware that the heat can affect the surface of roadways. "The heat can cause pavement blow-ups," said Beth Wright, MoDOT's state maintenance engineer. "These occur when the roadway surface expands at a crack or joint where moisture has seeped in. The crack weakens the pavement and the heat causes the pavement to buckle and warp."...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- The Stoddard County Commission met with representatives of firms that will be installing new windows at the courthouse to decide on a final plan at their regular meeting Monday. The commission awarded a contract for replacing the 39 windows in the courthouse to Sides Construction Company of Cape Girardeau at a cost of $63,500. The windows are to be purchased from Brown Window, Inc. in Poplar Bluff. A Manko Window System will be installed...