Stories from Tuesday, October 13, 2020

“We are a dayhab, not a daycare,” points out Brandy Kearbey, director of Family Matters Adult Dayhab Center in Dexter. “Our consumers are surrounded by a learning environment, which enriches and expands various aspects of their daily lives.” Kearbey goes on to say, “Our consumers are those adults with moderate developmental disabilities. To be able to participate at Family Matters they must be serviced by the Medicaid Waiver Program.”...

The Puxico School Board is exploring options for the repair of the roof on the junior high building at its October meeting. Superintendent Cindy Crabb said the White Knight top layer on the 28,000 square foot roof has developed soft spots and is in need of replacement. In the past, the maintenance department at the district has repaired the roof but now it is in need of replacement...

The Bernie School Board made two purchases Monday evening at its October meeting. The first was the replacement of a 250-gallon water heater that had been in the building since its construction. The heater has begun leaking. The cost of replacing the unit with one of the same size would be about $15,000. However, Superintendent Dustin Hicks said he believed the school did not need a unit that large as the school has a second 250-gallon unit still working...

Edna Florence Crowell Mulcahy was born on February 23, 1927 to William Arnett Crowell and Amanda Elizabeth Haile. Edna was orphaned as a toddler and raised by her teenage siblings on the family farm during the Great Depression. She entered Jesus’ open arms October 5, 2020...

Melba Rita Medler of Cape Girardeau, daughter of the late Benjamin “Benny” and Jeanelle Keadell Collins, born in Barnesville, Georgia on January 23, 1941, passed away at her home on October 12, 2020, at the age of 79 years. She was a Charter member of the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses.  ...

Harriet Elizabeth Thrower Hogan, Birth-date 02-25-1935 – Date of Passing September 17, 2020.  “To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven… A time to weep and a time to laugh; a time to mourn and a time to dance” Ecclesiastes 3-4...

Vader Thomas Stultz, 78, of Gallatin Tennessee, passed away peacefully with his wife and daughter by his side on Tuesday, October 6, 2020 from respiratory failure and complications caused by Covid-19. He was born on January 22, 1942 on a family farm near Bloomfield to Henry Thomas Stultz and Blanche Alice (Harper) Stultz Avery who precede him in death. ...

Faye Hubbert age 77, of Sikeston passed away on September 15, 2020 at her residence. She was born on April 22, 1943 in Blodgett, MO, daughter of Eugene and Marie Holland Traw. Faye retired as a CRT, and is survived by her sons Ruben D. Hubbert of Poplar Bluff, MO, Randy L. ...

Thomas Howard Fralick 89 of Bernie passed away October 10, 2020 at Winchester Nursing Center.  Visitation will be held Wednesday, October 14, 2020 from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM in Mathis Funeral Home of Bernie, Mo  Funeral services will be conducted Thursday Morning October 15, 2020 at 11:00 AM in Mathis Funeral Chapel in Bernie.  Interment will follow in Bernie Cemetery...

Linda S. Schneider, daughter of the late Ben Dambach and Coena Georger Dambach, was born on September 15, 1954 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and departed this life on October 8, 2020 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, at the age of 66 years...

Jayci Holcomb (center) of Dexter, daughter of Ray and Heather Carillo of Dexter, was crowned the 2020 Miss Cotton Carnival during the pageant Saturday on the Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo Grounds. First runner-up was Rylee Corlew (left) of Dexter, daughter of Ryan and Jessica Lee, and second runner-up was Sara Crawford (right) of Sikeston, daughter of Avi’elle Crawford...

The Stoddard County Health Center has confirmed 83 new cases of COVID-19 since Friday. Director Ben Godwin confirmed 53 over the weekend and 30 on Tuesday. A portion of the new cases is related to a new nursing home outbreak in the county. Godwin did not release the number of cases in the facility...

Two women approached the Dexter Board of Aldermen Monday evening with concerns regarding the SoutheastHEALTH clinic at Walmart. The women alleged the clinic was not CDC compliant as sick patients waiting for treatment at the clinic are standing without masks near the checkout area in the store coughing and sneezing with no social distancing. The women stated that the CDC says a a cough or sneeze can travel 15 feet and hang in the air for five minutes...

A Poplar Bluff R-I teacher is to appear in court Wednesday on two sexual-related felonies.