Stories from Friday, August 23, 2013

It's the first of its kind for Dexter. A giant Super Bearcat Tailgate event on the parking lot of the Bearcat Event Center is slated for Friday, Oct. 4 from 4 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. prior to the Bearcat Football Homecoming game against the New Madrid County Central Eagles, with a slate of activities to continue in the "Fifth Quarter" following the game, again at the BEC...

A new radio system is being installed at the Stoddard County Ambulance District (SCAD) office, though more work remains before the transition from the old analog-based system to computer-based digital equipment is completed. SCAD Manager Dave Cooper made a report on the new digital equipment which cost $257,470 at the regular meeting of the board of directors Wednesday night. Also on the agenda was an audit report from Jean & Company, LLC...

BERNIE, Mo. - Last season's Bernie Mules volleyball team will be a hard act to follow. In 2012 Bernie placed second in the 48-team SEMO Conference Tournament, won the SCAA Tournament, repeated as Class 1, District 1, champs and placed second at the state final four...

Joyce McGee, daughter of the late Charles Franklin and Myrtle May Scritchfield Gallamore, was born in Chaonia, Mo., on Feb. 19, 1936, and died at the Bench Mark Care Center in Greenville, Mo., on Aug. 21, 2013, at the age of 77. Watkins & Sons Funeral Home in Puxico, Mo., is in charge of all arrangements...

Warranty Deeds Michael G Bollinger and Betty J Bollinger to Jeffery T Johnson and Amanda M Johnson Sec 33 twp 28 R 11 Eric C Wyatt and Lindsay M Wyatt to Shawnie Jo Crawford Cheren Add Bernie Blk 2 Lots 11 and 12 Wildwind Investments to Jordan Pullum...

Terry Wayne DeJournett, son of the late Woodrow and Mary Layton DeJournett, was born in Dexter, Mo., on Nov. 22, 1949, and died at his home in Bloomfield, Mo., on Aug. 22, 2013 at the age of 63. Terry had lived in Bloomfield most of his life. On Nov. 18, 1966, he was married to Lois Charline DeBerry in Bloomfield...

Advance aldermen met in regular session on Monday, Aug. 19, 2013, welcoming new board member Tom Schmidt, who was appointed by Mayor Carl Ritter to fill the Ward II seat vacated by Leeman Shirrell. Schmidt was sworn in the week before the meeting. He will serve on year, until the next election...

BERNIE, Mo. -- It's a little known fact in this area that many baseball bats used by Major League Baseball players get their start in Bernie. David Keathley, a Dexter resident but Bernie native, is responsible for that. A lifelong baseball fan who comes from a woodworking family, Keathley was introduced to batmaking years ago. It was a hobby and a way to help the region's young athletes. When he was contacted by the Old Hickory Bat Co., it quickly became something more...