Stories from Friday, September 29, 2023

Recently a group from Hunter Memorial First Presbyterian Church, and I traveled to Patti’s 1880 Settlement Restaurant in Kentucky. I had never been there before, but several others had. We met at the church and carpooled over. I was one of the drivers, vehicle number two in our procession. ...

The Garwood and Ruth Felker Sharp Community Outreach Fund recently provided a $1,000 tuition assistance to The Christian Academy. The fund was created and funded by the Sharp family under the leadership of Ruth Felker Sharp to support and encourage various missions and activities in her hometown of Sikeston. The grant will be used to offset tuition costs for a TCA student. Pictured are, from left: kindergarten student Lola Rogers, TCA Administrator Mike Jensen and Harry G. Sharp...

I noticed a flag up on North Main Street that the fire department installed. It’s heartwarming to see they’ve got the flag in the correct position for visitors coming into town, and I applaud them for their thought.

SIKESTON — Cindy Lynne Jackson, age 65, left this earth to go to glory on Sept. 29, 2023, at her home in Sikeston. She was born on March 11, 1958, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, to the late Phillip Eugene Schearf and Enid Alice Campbell Schearf. Cindy grew up in the First Baptist Church of Delta, Missouri, and she was saved and baptized there...

SIKESTON — Sikeston High School has entered the digital arena with its recently added electronic sports, or eSports, team. The league is an organized competitive video gaming teams for girls and guys.  SHS eSports head coach Alex Mays assisted in getting eSports launched at Sikeston High School and said he’s looking forward to Sikeston’s first full school year with eSports as the program launched in the district in January...

Allison Jones, daughter of Joey Jones, is the Standard Democrat’s Calendar Girl for October. Jones, a finalist in the 2022 Miss Sikeston Contest, is currently completing a clinical medical assistant program which she will graduate from in May. She hopes to finish her certification course and start a career focused on medical assisting and phlebotomy. ...

SIKESTON — Sikeston’s annual fall community clean-up program is back this year and will take place over the course of nine days.  This year’s fall cleanup will take place from Saturday, Oct. 21 through Sunday, Oct. 29.  Darren Martin, street supervisor, said items can be dropped off at the compost site on Compress Road between 7:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. daily...

Young attendees of the 79th Annual Sikeston American Legion Cotton Carnival enjoy a ride together Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, at the Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo grounds.