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Medicaid expansion in Mo. continues to look unlikely
(Local News ~ 01/10/15)
By ERIN RAGAN SEMO News Service For the third consecutive year, Missouri's Republican-heavy Legislature looks unlikely to fill a gap in health-care coverage for about 200,000 people, despite continued support for Medicaid expansion from health-care providers and other business leaders...
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Applicants needed for tree board
(Local News ~ 01/10/15)
By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer Poplar Bluff is now seeking applicants for its newly created Tree Advisory Board. The five-member board will review and recommend rules for the care and protection of trees, according to Angela White, a city parks department horticulturist and arborist...
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Family earns GED together
(Local News ~ 01/10/15)
By NOREEN HYSLOP SEMO News Service . Ginger Williams of Dexter says that throughout her adult life, she has felt inadequate for never having graduated from high school. Two of her four children followed in her footsteps for different reasons than their mother, having completed part of the 11th grade through an online home-schooling program they eventually realized was not an accredited program...
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Conover CHALLENGES: Seek balance at home, work
(Local News ~ 01/10/15)
By ALEX WEST Staff Writer Davine Conover, business development specialist at Ozark Federal Credit Union, has a passion for encouraging others to succeed. That passion took her to a Women Aware Luncheon at the Holiday Inn Thursday where she instructed attendees in ways to get organized and manage their time...
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Sign up for chili cook-off to benefit mission
(Local News ~ 01/10/15)
By CAROLYN SMITH Staff Writer Inhale deeply! Did you get a whiff of that? That's the spicy aroma of chili wafting beneath your nose. It's that time, again--the 10th Annual Mason-Dixon Chili Society Cook-off is set for Saturday, Feb. 28 at the Black River Coliseum. All proceeds benefit the United Gospel Rescue Mission...
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Speak Out 1/10/15
(Opinion ~ 01/10/15)
City should repay utility fund The Municipal Utility Board should demand the city repay the $4.5 million it borrowed from the utility fund to purchase City Cable. After the sale of City Cable the City of Poplar Bluff profited over $8 million. If the repayment isn't made residential utility rates will skyrocket. Discussion about an autonomous board is nothing more than a smoke screen to change the topic of repayment to the utility board...
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Liberals' use of Black People, Part II
(Column ~ 01/10/15)
By WALTER E. WILLIAMS Last week's column focused on the ways liberals use blacks in pursuit of their leftist agenda, plus their demeaning attitudes toward black people. Most demeaning are their double standards. It was recently reported that Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., the House majority whip, spoke at a 2002 gathering hosted by white supremacist leaders when he was a Louisiana state representative. ...
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A party at war with itself
(Column ~ 01/10/15)
By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN For the third time, the cops of the NYPD have turned their backs on the mayor of New York. The first time was when Mayor Bill de Blasio arrived at Woodhull Hospital where mortally wounded officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu had been taken on Dec. 20. The second was when the mayor spoke at Ramos' funeral. The third was at Liu's service on Sunday...
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Show respect for Kaplan and council
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/10/15)
To the Editor: I am dismayed by your total lack of respect for our City Manager and City Council and the biased reporting and editorials that I am subjected to on an ongoing basis. From day one of Mr. Kaplan's job you have maligned him. No consideration by you was given to the fact that he was hired after a fair election where the voters of Poplar Bluff expressed displeasure with the status quo. Back off and give Mr. Kaplan a fair chance to succeed. That will really be positive for all...
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Managing household budgets
(Community News ~ 01/10/15)
Does your money stretch? Are you interested in learning how to make the most of your finances? Thinking about purchasing a home? The Northside Nutrition Center will host a free workshop from 1 - 2:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 16, entitled, "Managing Household Budgets Wisely." Three programs will be presented. ...
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Jerry Burlingame
(Obituary ~ 01/10/15)
Jerry Burlingame GREENVILLE, Mo.-- Jerry Burlingame, 71, of Greenville, died Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015, at his residence. Arrangements will be announced by Morrison-Worley Funeral Chapel, Greenville.
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Raiders stop 8-game region losing streak
(High School Sports ~ 01/10/15)
SEDALIA -- A similar remark floated around the State Fair gym after Thursday's game. "It's not every day you see this." Technically, nobody has ever seen this. Three Rivers coach Gene Bess became the first college basketball coach at any level to earn 1,200 wins on Thursday with a 91-54 victory against Region XVI rival State Fair...
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Phyllis Jean Stewart
(Obituary ~ 01/10/15)
Phyllis Jean Stewart DEXTER, Mo.-- Phyllis Jean Stewart, 80, of Dexter, departed this life on Jan. 8, 2015, at the Cypress Point Skilled Nursing Center in Dexter. She was the daughter of the late James H. Carney and Myrtus Cooper Carney. She was born on Oct. 13, 1934 in Dexter...
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Mary Evelyn Barlow
(Obituary ~ 01/10/15)
Mary Evelyn Barlow Mary Evelyn Barlow, 61, of Poplar Bluff, died Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015. She was born Aug. 6, 1953 in Waukegan, Ill. On Feb. 19, 2000, she married Kirk Barlow in Poplar Bluff. He survives. She worked for the Butler County Sheriff for 21 years and three years for the Ripley County Sheriff. After her retirement, she worked at Wal-Mart. She attended First Baptist Church...
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Roadrunners wear down short-handed Raiders
(High School Sports ~ 01/10/15)
SEDALIA -- Three Rivers coach Jeff Walk used all of his timeouts. It wasn't necessarily to adjust or fix or lecture, his team just needed a breather. The Lady Raiders were on the road against State Fair with six active players, none of them point guards and two of them midseason walk-ons. The writing was on the wall as Three Rivers lost 80-44 Thursday...
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Mules stop slide
(High School Sports ~ 01/10/15)
Poplar Bluff scored the first 10 points Thursday night then scored 11 straight to start the second quarter. It was the kind of momentum the Lady Mules were looking for to end a 10-game slide to start their season, beating Cape Central 70-44 at Peters Gym...
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Parker Millar
(Obituary ~ 01/10/15)
Parker Millar Parker C. Millar, 70, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Wednesday, Jan., 7, 2015, at his residence. A graveside service with full military honors will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield, Mo. with the Rev. Greg Gilberto officiating...
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Joyce Collins
(Obituary ~ 01/10/15)
Joyce Collins Joyce J. Collins, 79, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015, at Westwood Hills Healthcare Center in Poplar Bluff. The arrangements are pending and will be announced by Cotrell Funeral Service in Poplar Bluff.
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Charles Edward "Sonny" Horn
(Obituary ~ 01/10/15)
Charles Edward "Sonny" Horn NEELYVILLE, Mo.--Charles Edward "Sonny" Horn, 90, of Fenton, died Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015. Visitation will from 4-8 p.m. Friday at Jay B. Smith Funeral Home in Fenton. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Fowler-Sullivan Memorial Chapel in Neelyville. Burial at Naylor Memorical Center...
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ElizabethWilliford
(Obituary ~ 01/10/15)
ElizabethWilliford Elizabeth Williford, 94, of St. Peters, Mo., formerly of Williamsville, died Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015, at St. Peters Manor in St. Peters. The arrangements are pending at this time. Online condolences :www.rueggfuneralhome.com
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Saxony upends Puxico for New Year's crown
(High School Sports ~ 01/10/15)
DELTA -- For the second straight night, the Saxony Lutheran girls basketball team's defense was out in full force. The top-seeded Crusaders forced a season-high 41 turnovers and only allowed second-seeded Puxico to take 18 shots from the field in a 69-23 victory over the Indians to claim the Delta New Year's Tournament championship on Thursday night...
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