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Libla family gets state honor for TRC support
(Local News ~ 11/25/15)
Sen. Doug and Elaine Libla and David and Mary Libla received the Missouri Community College Association Award of Distinction at the organization's annual conference this month. Three Rivers College nominated the Liblas for the statewide award, noting the family's long-standing support for the college, including a seven-figure donation through the Three Rivers Endowment Trust in May 2015 for what will be known as the Libla Family Sports Complex to be built on the college's campus in Poplar Bluff...
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Wappapello Lake gearing up for its 75th anniversary
(Local News ~ 11/25/15)
By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer When the recreation season opens for the 75th anniversary of Wappapello Dam, visitors will find new trails, upgraded facilities and improved campsites. The dam gates shut in April 1941. By April 19, Wappapello Lake was full...
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Kindergarten a state model
(Local News ~ 11/25/15)
By PAT PRATT Staff Writer Poplar Bluff Kindergarten Center is gaining recognition for a collaborative works project that aims to end performance disparity in the classroom. The program is based on John Hattie's educational model dubbed "Visible Learning" and essentially helps students become their own teachers. The kindergarten center partnered with Southeast Regional Professional Development Center (RPDC) to implement the program four years ago...
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Better budget at Twin Rivers
(Local News ~ 11/25/15)
By PAT PRATT Staff Writer Twin Rivers public schools may end the year with a balanced budget for the first time since 2013. R-X board of education members approved at Monday's regular monthly meeting an amended budget that reflects a positive amount of $14,401. The school ended 2014 more than a half-million in the negative...
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NSSRqville tops in annual report
(Local News ~ 11/25/15)
By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor NEELYVILLE -- Students in the Neelyville School District scored higher than 15 areas schools on the state's annual performance report. Neelyville had a score of 96.1 percent which was slightly ahead of Jackson with 95.7 percent...
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Suspect held in lockerroom theft at Malden
(Local News ~ 11/25/15)
By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor MALDEN, Mo. -- A former Malden High School student has been charged in connection with stealing items from the visiting team's locker room during Saturday's Class 2 semifinal game. Multiple Palmyra, Mo., football players reported they had items, including cash and cellphones, stolen from their bags at some point during the game against Malden...
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Crumbling properties concern city Downtown showing its age
(Local News ~ 11/25/15)
By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer The two-story brick building at 405 Vine survived a tornado that destroyed much of Poplar Bluff's downtown, and more than one flood. It has been home to a variety of businesses, from millinery to estate sales. But after nearly a century, the crumbling structure began to collapse last week...
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Students get study grants to TRC
(Local News ~ 11/25/15)
Two students each have been awarded $500 Douglas Lacy Harris Awards for their studies at Three Rivers College. The grants were announced by the Three Rivers Community College Foundation, which administers the D.L. Harris fund. Madalyn D. Smith, 18, is a business administration student at Three Rivers. ...
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S. Heart student honored
(Community News ~ 11/25/15)
S. Heart student honored Adele Crowley is Sacred Heart's Preschool Student of the Month. She is in the 4-year-old preschool class. Her family includes her parents Brock and Monique Crowley, older brother, Cale, and younger sisters: Camilla and Ada. ...
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Speak Out 11/25/15
(Opinion ~ 11/25/15)
Health Dept. is seriously dumb Well I just got my today edition of the DAR and I see where our tax monies are gonna be diverted from helpin' old folks in the homes that need help and instead gonna be spent to further enhance the lives of the promiscuous little baby-makers in Butler County. That just sounds seriously dumb to me...
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Hollis gets MoPac award
(Local News ~ 11/25/15)
Tristan Richard Hollis, 18, of Van Buren, has won a $500 Missouri Pacific Boosters Award to pursue his applied science studies at Three Rivers College. The award fund is administered by the Three Rivers Community College Foundation. Hollis is a 2015 graduate of Van Buren High School, where he participated in Beta Club, Student Council, basketball and won all-conference honors in baseball and cross-country track. ...
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Rombauer Church thanks festival help
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/25/15)
To the Editor: Rombauer GBC recently held its annual Fall Harvest Festival and we could not have done it without the partnerships from some very special businesses here in town and we just wanted to say thank you to them! 1st Community Bank, Raben Tire, LeGrand Feed, Hays Music, Tattered Soul Tattoo, Triggers, Twisted Arrow, Exotic Grill, Tan-N-Time, Steak-N-Shake, Gamblin Lumber, Richard's Road Ware, Bill & Gene's, Commerce Bank, Royal Oak Coal, Ideal Bread, County Mart, Colton's, Countryside Flowers, Construction Trailer Specialist, Pro Nails, Casa Grande, Pack's, Harps, Maximum Vapors, First Midwest Bank, Ellis Battery, Country Cycles, Somewhere in Time, Antiques and More, Pizza Hut, Hillcrest Animal Hospital, Huddle House, Jeweler's Bench, Papa John's, Meeks, Home Depot, Mills Iron Supply, Sonic, Office Depot, Sterling Bank, Whitworth's Gift Chest Jewelers, Doggy Designs, Big Lots, Dewey Inman Farms, Family Video, Mansbridge Farms, Ozark Border Electric, Stoddard County Seed and Feed, Barker's Concrete Design and Kneibert Clinic!. ...
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Oak Grove honors students
(Community News ~ 11/25/15)
Oak Grove Elementary School has chosen their Students of the Month for November, 2015. They are: Cara Reed, MaKenna Rae Decker, Clayton Dean Hillis and Katie Shephard. Second Grader Cara Reed, daughter of Bryan and Amanda Reed, as nominated by her teacher, Jessica Heaton. The class shared that Cara is sweet, kind, always on task, helpful and respectful...
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You are doing it wrong, 'The View'
(Column ~ 11/25/15)
By MICHELLE MALKIN It looks like those elitist harridans on ABC's "The View" learned nothing from the national backlash over their mockery of nurse Kelley Johnson less than eight weeks ago. Guess they've already forgotten how major advertisers Johnson & Johnson, Party City, McCormick spices, Snuggle, and Eggland's Best all pulled spots from the show after co-host and lead Mean Girl Michelle Collins led a cacklefest ridiculing Johnson, Miss Colorado 2015, for a heartfelt monologue about her work during the Miss America pageant.. ...
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Giving thanks for all we have
(Column ~ 11/25/15)
As your family celebrates the Thanksgiving holiday, I hope you can take a moment to appreciate how truly blessed we are to live in the greatest nation in the world. It's a land built on the principles of freedom, democracy, opportunity, and equality. ...
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Library book sale is Nov. 27
(Community News ~ 11/25/15)
Library book sale is Nov. 27 Poplar Bluff Municipal Library District is having a giant book sale in the library theater at 318 N. Main St. from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 27. All proceeds raised by the Black Friday Book Sale benefit the library's children's and adult programming throughout the year, helping to pay for the many special events, concerts, plays and shows offered to the public free of charge...
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Geraldine
(Obituary ~ 11/25/15)
Geraldine Garner Childs Geraldine Garner Childs formerly of Florida was born April 15, 1920 in Pratt, Mo. to the late Martin Otto Garner and Mary Etta Thurman Garner. She spent her childhood in Naylor, Mo. and went to grade school there. Went to high school in St. ...
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DAR receives higher ed award
(Local News ~ 11/25/15)
For its outstanding work in spreading information about Three Rivers College across a broad coverage area, the Daily American Republic newspaper, its publisher Don Schrieber and higher education reporter Dave Silverberg were recognized with the Missouri Community College Association News Media Award at the organization's annual conference in November...
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Clarence
(Obituary ~ 11/25/15)
Clarence Copeland PIEDMONT, Mo. - Clarence Copeland, 70, of Piedmont, Mo. died Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Arrangements are pending with Ruegg Funeral Homes. Online condolences can be made at www.rueggfuneralhomes.com...
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R-1 Board action in closed session
(Local News ~ 11/25/15)
Following a closed session Thursday night, the Poplar Bluff R-1 School District Board took the following actions: Approved two certified/supplemental duty personnel resignations -- Joshua (Mitch) Davis, high school social studies teacher and Student Council co-sponsor, and Lori Garner, process coordinator in central office...
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Frances Sandy
(Obituary ~ 11/25/15)
Frances Sandy DONIPHAN, Mo. - Frances Jane Sandy, 79, of Doniphan, Mo., died Monday, Nov. 16, 2015, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. A private service is being planned in the spring. Floral arrangements may be sent in her memory to the Colonial Home in Doniphan. Online condolences may be made at edwardsfuneralhome.org...
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Water Dist. 1 meets Tues.
(Local News ~ 11/25/15)
Water Dist. 1 meets Tues. The Butler County Public Water Supply District 1 will have a board meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the district office. Agenda items include financial reports, KMT, payroll committee and project updates.
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N'ville Bd. meets tonight
(Local News ~ 11/25/15)
N'ville Bd. meets tonight NEELYVILLE -- The Neelyville School Board will meet at 7 tonight in the central office. Agenda items include food service bid, audit for 2014-15 school year, financial report, faculty/staff Christmas party, facility projections, filing dates for April 5 school board election, liability insurance renewal, administrator reports and a closed session to discuss a request for ear graduation, supplemental positions and legal matters...
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FSA county election deadline
(Community News ~ 11/25/15)
Area families must have ballots postmarked by Dec. 7 for their vote to be counted in the Farm Service Agency county committee elections. Farmers and ranchers began receiving the ballots Nov. 9, according to a press release from the FSA. Ballots are also available at local FSA offices...
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R-1 in special closed mtg. Tueseay
(Community News ~ 11/25/15)
R-1 in special closed mtg. Tueseay Poplar Bluff R-I Board of Education will hold a special open session meeting with a vote to close a portion of the meeting for a personnel matter 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Board of Education Room, 1110 North Westwood. Administrators say the personnel matter is to assess candidates for the position of R-I Superintendent. Current Superintendent Chris Hon will retire at the end of the school year...
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Eulalia Siebert
(Obituary ~ 11/25/15)
Eulalia Siebert Eulalia Clara Siebert, 90, of Glennonville, Mo., surrounded by her family, passed away at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2015. A Funeral Mass was held Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015, at St. Teresa's Catholic Church in Glennonville. Father David Doughan and Father Joseph Weidenbenner officiated. Burial followed at St. Teresa's Cemetery in Glennonville...
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Sue Ann Seal
(Obituary ~ 11/25/15)
Sue Ann Seal Sue Ann Seal, 102, of Wappapello died Nov. 15, 2015 at her home. Service were held Nov. 18, 2015 at the Little Brushy Missionary Baptist Church in Wappapello. Rev. Tim Schultz officiated. Burial followed in the Little Brushy Cemetery. The family requests that memorials be made in her honor to Little Brushy Missionary Baptist Church, 147 Co. Rd. 510, Wappapello, MO 63966...
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Mona Evans
(Obituary ~ 11/25/15)
Mona Evans Mona G. Evans, daughter of the late Clarence Alvin and Nellie Creed Green, was born in Acorn Ridge, Missouri on December 25, 1919, and passed away at the Puxico Nursing Center in Puxico, Missouri on November 16, 2015, at the age of 95 years, 10 months and 22 days...
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Fagus boy wins contest at Memphis
(Community News ~ 11/25/15)
Zion Ritzman, 13, of Fagus, Mo., participated in a talent and modeling contest at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, Tenn. He won first place in his age division. A $2,000 scholarship to AMTC was awarded for outstanding performance at the 2015 Mid-South Model/Talent Review. He is the grandson of Constance and Terry Cartwright,...
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Obama's phony war on IS
(Column ~ 11/25/15)
By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER WASHINGTON -- Tell me: What's a suicide bomber doing with a passport? He's not going anywhere. And, though I'm not a religious scholar, I doubt that a passport is required in paradise for a martyr to access his 72 black-eyed virgins...
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Speak Out 11/25/15
(Opinion ~ 11/25/15)
Obama the dictator? I respect the D.A.R. I would like your opinion of the talk going around that President Obama is going to declare, by Executive order, the Presidentail election invalad and install military rule. As no one has stopped him from using this order so far. Is this a really possibility?...
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Give Blood This Holiday Season
(Community News ~ 11/25/15)
The American Red Cross encourages individuals and organizations to give something that means something this winter by making a lifesaving blood donation or hosting a blood drive. Blood donations often decline from now to New Year's Day when holiday festivities pull people away from their donation appointments. Seasonal illnesses, such as colds and the flu, can also have a serious impact on blood donations...
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Audra
(Obituary ~ 11/25/15)
Audra Jean Terrell Audra Jean Terrell, 90, of Poplar Bluff, died Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015 at The Cedargate Care Center in Poplar Bluff. The arrangements are pending and will be announced by Cotrell Funeral Service in Poplar Bluff.
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Tonie Kay
(Obituary ~ 11/25/15)
Tonie Kay Benfield Toburen DEXTER, MO.--Tonie Kay Benfield Toburen, 64, of Puxico, died Friday, Nov. 20, 2015, at her residence. A memorial service will be conducted at 10 a.m., Saturday, at the Ebenezar Baptist Church, 609 North Everett Street, Kennett, with Pastor Charlie Grey officiating...
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Gale
(Obituary ~ 11/25/15)
Gale D'Wayne Jones Gale D'Wayne Jones, 64, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Sunday, Nov. 22, 2015 at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mr. Jones was born May 5, 1951, in New Madrid, to the late Clarence and Clara (Fowler) Jones. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1969-1974, during the Vietnam War, and was an airplane mechanic. He enjoyed reading and was of the Protestant belief...
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Fannie Fuqua
(Obituary ~ 11/25/15)
Fannie Fuqua FLORISSANT, Mo. - Fannie L. Fuqua, formerly of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015. Dear sister-in-law of Doris Lee Fuqua and Frances Fuqua; dear aunt of Susan Kagy, Ralph Wehmer, Ginny Borcherding, Linda Wolfe, Evelyn Andrews, Charles Fuqua, Marie Sharp, Larry Fuqua and Julie Castellana; dear great-aunt, great-great aunt, cousin and friend...
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Star Quilters meet
(Community News ~ 11/25/15)
The Nov. 12 meeting of the Missouri Star Quilters' Guild was called to order at 6:30 p.m. by President Renay Greer with 16 present. The minutes from the October meeting were approved as published. Cheryl Maples presented the treasurer's report. The guild has $3741.64 in checking and $921.79 in savings. Dian Reno reported there are 34 paid members...
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Week's events at T. Towers
(Community News ~ 11/25/15)
Week's events at T. Towers Twin Towers dining room will be closed Thursday and Friday in observance of Thanksgiving. P.A.C.E. (People with Arthritis Can Exercise) class will meet at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 2, in the Assembly Room. At 11:30 a.m., Xan Graves will entertain in the dining room and Bingo will be played at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 2, in the Altrusa Room...
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Missed chances trip up Raiders
(High School Sports ~ 11/25/15)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- In a typical game, the Lady Raiders will have around 90 possessions. Nearly half of those possessions against Arkansas Baptist on Monday either ended up as turnovers or missed free throws. In their final game before the Thanksgiving holiday, the Lady Raiders committed a season-high 33 turnovers, shot 28-for-48 on free throws and fell on the road at Arkansas Baptist 91-73...
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Chronister earns record-setting win in Doniphan debut
(High School Sports ~ 11/25/15)
KENNETT, Mo. -- Kirk Chronister's first game as coach of the Doniphan Donettes was one for the record book. With a season-opening 53-48 win at Kennett, the Donettes gave their new coach his 743rd career win, most in state history. "I wish all the kids that played for me were here," Chronister said."It's a tribute to them."...
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Ellington's returning cast eye blockbuster
(High School Sports ~ 11/25/15)
The Ellington Whippets had a turning point over the summer. They were at Kansas University for a tournament in July, the small school from Southeast Missouri going up against schools like Rockhurst out of Kansas City, Mo., which won the Class 5 state championship in 2013 and made it to the quarterfinals last year...
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Lady Eagles win season opener
(High School Sports ~ 11/25/15)
NAYLOR --Calle Pickrell and Kabrien Rogers both had double-doubles while Chelsey Rigdon reached double digits in points to lead Naylor to a season-opening 69-35 home win against Corning (Ark.) on Monday. Pickrell scored 26 points while Rogers added 12. Both hauled in 10 rebounds apiece...
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Lula
(Obituary ~ 11/25/15)
Lula Walker Camp NEELYVILLE, Mo. - Lula Belle Walker Camp, 79, of Naylor, Mo., died Friday, Nov. 20, 2015, at her residence. She was born, Oct. 7, 1936 in Naylor and spent her lifetime in the area and was a homemaker. On Sept. 3, 1957, she married Carl Edwin Camp in Mt. Carmel, Ill. He preceded her in death on Nov. 29, 1992. Mrs. Camp enjoyed fishing, listening to music, gardening and shopping...
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Tigers look to rewrite script
(High School Sports ~ 11/25/15)
A year ago, the Clearwater boys basketball team was basically starting over. Having to replace three starters from a district title team and a coach, the Tigers understood a challenge lay ahead. A year later, it's a mirror image. In his second year at the helm, Andy Beck has crossed out, ripped up and discarded the old script for a brighter, flashier screen play that he hopes will bring the Tigers some hardware, namely a district title...