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Levee repair Grant of last resort comes through
(Local News ~ 10/27/11)
By SARABETH WALLER Staff Writer Repairs began Tuesday on a levee in Levee District Seven off County Road 608 thanks to $20,000 in grant money, according to Butler County Presiding Commissioner Ed Strenfel. Funding came through the Missouri Ag Disaster Relief Fund. The fund was established in June with a $100,000 contribution from Monsanto and $50,000 from the Republic of China (Taiwan). Dow AgroSciences also contributed to the fund...
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Farmington storms past Lady Mules to title
(High School Sports ~ 10/27/11)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Farmington senior Jessica Hicks tossed the ball in the air, lept and smashed the opening serve of the third game Wednesday night. Her team had just evened the match with Poplar Bluff and the MSHSAA Class 4 District 1 title had come down to a winner-take-all game between the two teams for a second straight year...
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What it is we wish to conserve?
(Column ~ 10/27/11)
By PAT BUCHANAN A conservative's task in society is "to preserve a particular people, living in a particular place during a particular time." Jack Hunter, in a review of this writer's new book, "Suicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive to 2025?" thus summarizes Russell Kirk's view of the duty of the conservative to his country...
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A Republic, guaranteed
(Column ~ 10/27/11)
By GEORGE F. WILL The United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government ... -- U.S. Constitution DENVER -- Progressives have long lamented the fact that the Framers designed a Constitution replete with impediments to federal government activism -- fetters such as federalism itself, enumerated powers, three branches of government, two rivalrous wings of the legislative branch, supermajorities, judicial review, presidential vetoes. ...
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It's hard to be a racist
(Column ~ 10/27/11)
By WALTER E. WILLIAMS Years ago it was easy to be a racist. All you had to be was a white person using some of the racial epithets that are routinely used in song and everyday speech by many of today's blacks. Or you had to chant "two, four, six, eight, we don't want to integrate" when a black student showed up for admission to your high school or college. Of course, there was that dressing up in a hooded white gown. In any case, you didn't have to be sophisticated to be a racist...
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Bob Evans
(Obituary ~ 10/27/11)
Bob Evans DEXTER, Mo. -- Fowler "Bob" Evans, 91, of Dexter, Mo., died Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011, at his residence. Mr. Evans was born on Oct. 1, 1920, in Randolph County, Ark. He was affiliated with the Dexter Church of Christ. Survivors include two brothers, Billy James Evans and Keifer Evans, both of Dexter; three sisters, Theda Nydegger of Stayton, Ore., Wilma Thomasson of Mount Vernon, Ore., and Wanda Norman of Pleasant View, Utah...
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Evelyn Owen
(Obituary ~ 10/27/11)
Evelyn Owen DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Evelyn D. Owen, 67, of Doniphan, Mo., died Monday, Oct. 10, 2011, at her residence. Ms. Owen was born Sept. 14, 1944, in Detroit, Mich. She was a corrections officer in Sarasota County, Fla. Surviving are one son, Jeffery Thomas of Brooklyn, Mich.; one sister, Melinda McClain of Doniphan; one brother, Ken Beaudrie of Denver, Colo., six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren...
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Kathryn Terry
(Obituary ~ 10/27/11)
Kathryn Terry VAN BUREN, Mo. -- Kathryn Jones-Terry, 63, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011, in Poplar Bluff. Visitation will be held at 6 p.m. Friday in McSpadden Funeral Home in Van Buren, Mo. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in the funeral home chapel. Burial will be in Green Mountain Cemetery in Fremont, Mo...
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Axel Neel
(Obituary ~ 10/27/11)
Axel Neel VAN BUREN, MO. -- Axle Houston Neel was stillborn on Monday, Oct. 24, 2011 in the NEA Hospital in Jonesboro, Ark., to Thomas and Melissa Neel of Gosnell, Ark. He is also survived by a brother, Blake Jones of Gosnell, Ark.; great-grandparents, Fred and Catherine Self of Deering, Mo., and Anna Price of Gosnell, Ark.; grandparents, Mike and Fontella Adams of Gosnell, Ark., Cathy West of Poplar Bluff, Mo., and Thomas Neel of St. Louis, Mo.; and many other relatives and friends...
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Charles Corlew
(Obituary ~ 10/27/11)
Charles Corlew DEXTER, MO. -- Charles William Corlew, 77, of Essex, Mo., died suddenly Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011. He was born in Essex on Aug. 28, 1934. He had lived in Essex his entire life and was a member of the Olive Branch General Baptist Church in Essex where he had served as a deacon for many years. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and telling jokes and stories. He spent as much time outdoors as the weather allowed. He was retired from working as a heat/air engineer...
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Barbara Collier
(Obituary ~ 10/27/11)
Barbara Collier DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Barbara Collier of Doniphan, Mo., died Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011, at her residence. Funeral arrangements are pending with Edwards Funeral Home in Doniphan.
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Della Vipperman
(Obituary ~ 10/27/11)
Della Vipperman DEXTER, MO. -- Della Vipperman, 101, of Dexter died Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011, at Missouri Southern Healthcare in Dexter. She was born in Wayne County, Mo. on Sept. 21, 1910. She had lived in Michigan before moving to Dexter in 1977. On Dec. 22, 1962, she was married to Frederick E. Vipperman in Pontiac, Michigan. He preceded her in death on Feb. 16, 1989...
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Steve Wright
(Obituary ~ 10/27/11)
Steve Wright RIDGEWAY, ILL. -- Steve Wright, age 44, of Ridgway, but formerly of Carmi, Ill., died suddenly on Monday, Oct. 24, 2011 in Ferrell Hospital. Mr. Wright was born in Carmi, on Sept. 15, 1967. He graduated from Carmi High School and worked in the oil fields for Robinson Engineering. He loved the outdoors especially hunting and fishing. He had a great sense of humor and could host amazing cookouts...
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Avoid unsafe canning gifts
(Features ~ 10/27/11)
This is the time of year when home-canning ideas get passed around on the internet and a lot of these gift ideas are unsafe and should not be attempted at home. Be aware that everything you read is not necessarily safe. The first unsafe popular gift is canned breads and cakes in glass jars. ...
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Arkansas Ben gets dual wins in Butler County
(Outdoors ~ 10/27/11)
Forgetfulness is supposed to happen as you grow older and it happened to me today. I rounded up all my notes for the column, and when I sat down to the computer, I realized I had left my notes on the Butler County Coon Hunters Club's event last Friday at home. I do remember some of the winners and can mention them, but the remainder will have to wait or I'll call them in later today...
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Duck Creek to have 28 blinds on duck opener
(Outdoors ~ 10/27/11)
By PAUL DAVIS Outdoors Editor PUXICO, Mo. -- Renovation work is continuing at Duck Creek Conservation Area north of Puxico and because of the ongoing work, open positions for waterfowl hunters will be limited during the coming duck season. The work began in 2009 and has frustrated some hunters, but when completed it eventually should create more hunting opportunities and less maintenance costs for managers, said Missouri Department of Conservation Wildlife Biologist Keith Cordell...
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Online permit sales begin this fall for deer hunters
(Outdoors ~ 10/27/11)
By JIM LOW Mo. Dept. of Conservation JEFFERSON CITY -- With the November firearms deer season on the horizon, the Missouri Department of Conservation reminds hunters of changes to deer and turkey permits and tagging procedures that went into effect in this year...
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It's hard to be a racist
(Column ~ 10/27/11)
By WALTER E. WILLIAMS Years ago it was easy to be a racist. All you had to be was a white person using some of the racial epithets that are routinely used in song and everyday speech by many of today's blacks. Or you had to chant "two, four, six, eight, we don't want to integrate" when a black student showed up for admission to your high school or college. Of course, there was that dressing up in a hooded white gown. In any case, you didn't have to be sophisticated to be a racist...
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Della Vipperman
(Obituary ~ 10/27/11)
Della Vipperman DEXTER, MO. -- Della Vipperman, 101, of Dexter died Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011, at Missouri Southern Healthcare in Dexter. She was born in Wayne County, Mo. on Sept. 21, 1910. She had lived in Michigan before moving to Dexter in 1977. On Dec. 22, 1962, she was married to Frederick E. Vipperman in Pontiac, Michigan. He preceded her in death on Feb. 16, 1989...
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Avoid unsafe canning gifts
(Features ~ 10/27/11)
This is the time of year when home-canning ideas get passed around on the internet and a lot of these gift ideas are unsafe and should not be attempted at home. Be aware that everything you read is not necessarily safe. The first unsafe popular gift is canned breads and cakes in glass jars. ...
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