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Center Stage, Three Rivers College’s theater company, will present a production of “The Good Doctor” by renowned American playwright Neil Simon on November 20-22 at 7 p.m. and November 23 at 2 p.m at the Tinnin Fine Arts Center in Poplar Bluff. Tickets are $10, or $5 with a valid Three Rivers student ID. “The Good Doctor” combines Neil Simon’s signature blend of oddball humor and sharp irony with the pathos of Russian author Anton Chekov’s short stories. The show features a wide range of scenes based on Chekov’s works, from the zany to the musical, tied together with witty narration by the author himself. Theater lovers of all stripes will have a blast with this underrated classic from Simon’s

POPLAR BLUFF - Tucked away in the woods south of Poplar Bluff is a scene that would humble even the most elaborately decorated greeting card. The scene on the half-mile stretch of gravel road leading to the Pennington’s 60-acre mum farm is one of browning, overgrown fields and what appears to be a junk yard; it does not prepare you for the panorama of color laying just ahead. There is color everywhere from blaze orange pumpkins of all kinds, including warty, decorative, pie and various others.  Among the mums, you will also find gourds of many varieties and, the Pennington’s will share how to dry it for use as a birdhouse. Brilliant colored mums are everywhere: there are purple, purple

As we begin a week of remembering our Veterans, SEMO TIMES would like to share a song performed by columnist Toni Becker and written by Toni and Brian Becker. My boots will fill the footsteps Of the brave who've gone before The memory will remind me It's a cause worth fighting for Duty Calls Toni & Brian Becker http://youtu.be/vxKALa6f6SY

ST. LOUIS – U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill today hosted a Purple Heart ceremony honoring Korean War veteran Reverend Leo Hardin, who was awarded a long-overdue Purple Heart with one Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster, along with three additional awards for his military service. “We owe the veterans who have sacrificed for our country an unknowable debt of gratitude,” said McCaskill, a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and daughter of a World War II veteran. “One of the best parts of my job is helping honor those sacrifices and making sure we’re keeping our promises to our veterans long after they return from the battlefield.”   Rev. Hardin, a veteran of the 2nd Infantry Division, served in Japan in

29-year old Brittany Maynard was living on borrowed breath. She was told that the days that stretched out before her were going to be few and fraught with debilitating illness and agony. On New Year’s Day of this year, just fifteen months after her wedding, Brittany was diagnosed with stage IV terminal brain cancer. With no hope in her heart for a cure, only a plan for dying on her own terms, she placed a lethal dose of pills upon her tongue and chose which remaining breaths would be her last. On Saturday, surrounded by her most-loved ones, she said goodbye and went to sleep never to awaken again. What should have been a first year of marriage filled with