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Anna Lou Simmons Haston, 72Rock Island resident and Van Buren County native Anna Lou Simmons Haston, 72, died July 28 at River Park Hospital as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident.Her husband, John Alfred Haston, died in the same accident.A retired factory worker and a member of Laurel Creek Baptist Church, she…

Heber E. and Esther Lee Bouldin Bess were joined recently by family and friends in celebration of their 65th wedding anniversary. Larry and Jackie Bess, a son and daughter-in-law, were hosts for the event given July 18 at Viola Community Center.In the dining room, a sumptuous buffet luncheon including desserts was served to approximately 85…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard John A. and Anna Lou Haston were killed after their white Oldsmobile pulled into the path of oncoming traffic on Highway 70 near Campaign. (Amy Satterwhite photo) An elderly couple died shortly after impact Wednesday when the car they were traveling in was struck from…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard WOODLEE A proposal to borrow $6.5 million to build a new school at Centertown appears to be headed for a vote in the full Warren County Commission next month.A resolution committing the county to take out bonds no later than August 2005 was passed by…

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Elma Cope Brady, 90Dibrell resident and DeKalb County native Elma Cope Brady, 90, died July 25 at Lakeshore Wedgewood Center in Nashville.The retired owner of Brady’s Midway Cafe and Market in Dibrell and a member of New Union, The Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Bethel and Octie Goodson Cope; and was…

To the Editor: I am always disturbed when I read an article in the Standard about the local animal shelter. Do we ever hear good news about the shelter? No. It is always concerning under-staffing, overcrowding, and underfunding. Now we are told it has closed simply because it does not have enough money to operate.I…

TO THE EDITOR: The recent turn of events of the Warren County Humane Society closing its animal shelter is appalling.Our county, our city, and its officials should be ashamed of this. Warren County has successfully taken another step backwards.I live in the city and I would like to say we, too, have been plagued with…

By Jim Mullen The waiting room at the doctor’s office is packed. The first thing they made me do, the first piece of paper I had to sign was the Patient Confidentiality Agreement. There was no way I would get treated by this doctor unless I absolutely, positively signed this form first.In lawyer-ese, it said…