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City manager search group plans strategy
(Local News ~ 06/16/14)
By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor Questions to be asked when city manager applicants are interviewed were discussed during the third meeting of the advisory search committee Friday afternoon in the conference room at Key Drugs. "We have received 22 applications," City Clerk Pam Kearbey said...
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Tune up flag flying skills
(Local News ~ 06/16/14)
By MARK BLANTON SEMO News Service Vern Griffith, a former Scoutmaster in Sikeston, Mo., said his troop conducted two flag retirement ceremonies a year during his nine years as its leader. But one particular occasion stands out in his memory. About 1999, he and the young men of Boy Scout Troop 41 were conducting an evening ceremony behind the chamber of commerce building when two police officers arrived. ...
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MoDOT seeks input, open house Tuesday
(Local News ~ 06/16/14)
By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor The Missouri Department of Transportation will conduct an open house from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 17 concerning needed projects if a temporary statewide three-fourths of a cent sales tax is approved by the voters on Aug. 5...
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TRC trustees weigh net assets, debt
(Local News ~ 06/16/14)
By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer To build a new event center, Three Rivers College has to weigh the ability of the institution to take on new debt three years before an important visit from its accrediting agency. The Higher Learning Commission will complete a full review in 2017, and places great importance on the balance between a school's expendable net assets and its debt. ...
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Carter sheriff recalls family turning tragedy into blessing
(Local News ~ 06/16/14)
By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor VAN BUREN, Mo. -- A tragic accident, which took the lives of five members of Carter County Sheriff Rick Stephens' family, has turned into a "true blessing" for he and his wife as they now are raising his young nieces...
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Markham, Anderson
(Features ~ 06/16/14)
Leslie Dawn Markham of Poplar Bluff, Mo. and Christopher Donnel Anderson, of Broseley, Mo. announce their engagement. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Judy Kay Pfeifer of Poplar Bluff, and the late Donald Leslie Pfeifer. The bridegroom-to-be is the son of Don and Judy Anderson and Pat Anderson, all of Poplar Bluff...
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Area students graduate ASU
(Community News ~ 06/16/14)
Almost 2,000 candidates were awarded diplomas by Arkansas State University chancellor, Dr. Tim Hudson, during spring commencement ceremonies May 17 in the Arkansas State University Convocation Center. The 2014 spring graduation list for Arkansas State follows with local graduates' names listed by city, name, degree and major:...
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ACS seeks sponsors Relay for Life Sept. 19
(Local News ~ 06/16/14)
The American Cancer Society asks local companies to take up the fight against cancer in their communities by becoming sponsors of the American Cancer Relay For Life of Butler County on Friday, Sept. 19 at the Black River Coliseum. The activities begin at 6 p.m. and continue until 2 a.m...
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Orton graduates summa cum laude
(Community News ~ 06/16/14)
Dustin T. Orton of Poplar Bluff, Mo. was among more than 1,000 individuals who were eligible to participate in the University of Central Missouri's 2014 Spring commencement exercises. Orton graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Education. ...
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Betty Allen
(Obituary ~ 06/16/14)
Betty Allen MALDEN, Mo.- Betty Allen, 77, of Clarkton, Mo. died Thursday, June 12, 2014 at Gideon Care Center in Gideon, Mo. Visitation will be 2 - 4 p.m. Sunday at the Landess Funeral Chapel in Malden, Mo. Funeral services will follow immediately afterward with Rev. Dale Rickman officiating. Burial will take place in Stanfield Cemetery in Clarkton...
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Sacred Heart will renew Feast of Corpus Christi
(Local News ~ 06/16/14)
By CAROLYN SMITH Staff Writer Sacred Heart Catholic Church will renew the Eucharistic Procession for the Feast of Corpus Christi "Body of Christ" at 2 p.m., Sunday, June 22. The procession will leave Sacred Heart Church at 2 p.m., proceed south on Eighth Street to Poplar Street, west on Poplar Street to Ninth Street, north on Ninth Street to Vine Street, east on Vine Street to Eighth Street, then north on Eighth Street and back to the church. ...
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Legislators play vindictive game with state deer herd
(Column ~ 06/16/14)
The management of captive deer in Missouri is coming to a crossroads, bringing with it big implications for the future of the state's wild deer population. Captive deer, just like wild deer, have been regulated under the Missouri Department of Conservation for decades, but a small, vocal group of deer breeders in the state have been putting intense pressure on the legislature to remove that control from MDC and instead hand it to the state's agriculture department...
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Bobby and Sharon Butler
(Features ~ 06/16/14)
Bobby and Sharon (Brown) Butler of Poplar Bluff, Mo. celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Saturday, May 17, 2014 at their home. The couple was married May 16, 1964. They were blessed with four children: Shanda Courtney of Fisk, Mo., Eric Butler of Poplar Bluff, Latanya Butler of Jefferson City, Mo., and the late Byran Butler...
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Marian Irene Lindner
(Obituary ~ 06/16/14)
Marian Irene Lindner Marian Irene Lindner, 79, longtime resident of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Thursday, June 12, 2014 in St. Louis, Mo. She was born Feb. 2, 1935, and was a graduate of Rapid City High School, Rapid City, S.D. in 1953. She married Melvin Lindner on Jan. 9, 1953, while he was stationed at Ellsworth Air Force Base in Rapid City...
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Writer recalls dad's storytelling
(Local News ~ 06/16/14)
By CAROLYN SMITH Staff Writer When I noticed Flag Day and Father's Day would be celebrated the same weekend this year, it brought back memories of my father, who was born on June 14--Flag Day. My dad was a lot of things--most of all he was a storyteller. ...
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Rose Vinson
(Obituary ~ 06/16/14)
Rose Vinson Rose Vinson, 70, of Poplar Bluff, Mo. passed away Tuesday, June 10, 2014 at her residence. Mrs. Vinson was born Aug. 10, 1943 in Poplar Bluff, to the late Arlie and Elva (Gossett) Provance. A member of Eagles 3730, she was a homemaker and had been a cook at Tower Restaurant. She enjoyed playing bingo, cooking and animals...
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Area Democrats attend dinner event in St. Louis
(Local News ~ 06/16/14)
By CAROLYN SMITH Staff Writer Majority Whip Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois was the keynote speaker June 7 for the 2014 Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner in the Majestic Ballroom at the Renaissance Grand Hotel in downtown St. Louis, Mo. Senator Durbin graciously substituted for his friend and colleague Senator Claire McCaskill, who had to cancel her appearance due to family illness...
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Everybody has a story to tell
(Column ~ 06/16/14)
By SHARON RANDALL McClatchy-Tribune News Service What's the first line of your story? Have you taken the time to write it down? Stepping off the treadmill after 30 minutes at a slightly brisker pace than my usual, I winced in pain, mumbled something under my breath that sounded like "ackk!" and looked up to meet a pair of empathetic eyes...
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Speak Out 6/16/14
(Opinion ~ 06/16/14)
Thank you for Hobby Lobby Thank you. Thank you. Thank you to whomever is responsible for bringing Hobby Lobby to Poplar Bluff. I've been wanting this business to come to our town for years. Now, if we could only get a Macy's here. Thank you. Quit junk food...
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Bess adds 5 looking for 4 more
(High School Sports ~ 06/16/14)
Three Rivers Raiders coaches Gene and Brian Bess went into the offseason with a recruiting focus on getting more athletic. They've taken five steps toward that goal. Three Rivers, which received all of its scholarships back late last summer following sanctions, has signed five players with four roster spots remaining...
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Wizard of Oz worked magic away from diamond
(High School Sports ~ 06/16/14)
Growing up in St. Louis in the '80s there was no bigger personality than Ozzie Smith. He was the shortstop for the St. Louis Cardinals during a time when they won three National League pennants and a World Series title. But he was more than that, he was the Wizard of Oz...
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