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Delivers signatures at 11th hour Becker meets city deadline
(Local News ~ 11/29/11)
By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor Just before Monday's deadline, semo.net owner Brian Becker re-submitted his open access petition and said he has enough properly obtained signatures to place the issue on Poplar Bluff ballots. "We have internally verified that we have 3,230 signatures where the signer's address matches their voter registration address," Becker said...
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2 PB teens plead guilty in church arson
(Local News ~ 11/29/11)
By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor Two Poplar Bluff, Mo., teenagers recently were placed on probation after pleading guilty to throwing Molotov cocktails into a local church, and then setting the church on fire when the devices didn't work. Robert Benjamin Rushin, 19, of the 700 block of County Road 456 and Zachary Edward Surque, 19, of the 100 block of County Road 4703 pleaded guilty as charged last week to the Class C felony of second-degree arson...
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Mayor, other govt. officials arrested in Pemiscot Co.
(Local News ~ 11/29/11)
CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo. -- Hayti Mayor Bobby Watkins and former Pemiscot County Road and Bridge Supervisor Martin Culver are among seven people arrested in connection with an ongoing investigation by the Pemiscot County Sheriff's Department, the Missouri State Highway Patrol and the patrol's Division of Drug and Crime Control...
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Group to study deer hunting in Cape city limits
(Local News ~ 11/29/11)
By SCOTT MOYERS SEMO News Service CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- A seven-person committee was in place Monday, charged with studying how best to manage what Cape Girardeau officials see as an explosion in the deer population in the city limits. The committee is being tasked with taking a look at urban deer hunting, typically a highly regimented program that allows trained hunters to kill deer with a bow on private property. The city's staff liaison will be assistant police chief Roger Fields...
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White shock
(Local News ~ 11/29/11)
By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer The first snow of the season, a surprise early winter storm, dropped 1-2 inches of precipitation across Southeast Missouri late Monday and early Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service. Schools at Bernie, Dexter, Campbell, Clarkton, Holcomb and Malden are closed today, and Three Rivers College started two hours late...
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White shock
(Local News ~ 11/29/11)
By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer The first snow of the season, a surprise early winter storm, dropped 1-2 inches of precipitation across Southeast Missouri late Monday and early Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service. Schools at Bernie, Dexter, Campbell, Clarkton, Holcomb and Malden are closed today, and Three Rivers College started two hours late...
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2 PB teens plead guilty in church arson
(Local News ~ 11/29/11)
By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor Two Poplar Bluff, Mo., teenagers recently were placed on probation after pleading guilty to throwing Molotov cocktails into a local church, and then setting the church on fire when the devices didn't work. Robert Benjamin Rushin, 19, of the 700 block of County Road 456 and Zachary Edward Surque, 19, of the 100 block of County Road 4703 pleaded guilty as charged last week to the Class C felony of second-degree arson...
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Group to study deer hunting in Cape city limits
(Local News ~ 11/29/11)
By SCOTT MOYERS SEMO News Service CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- A seven-person committee was in place Monday, charged with studying how best to manage what Cape Girardeau officials see as an explosion in the deer population in the city limits. The committee is being tasked with taking a look at urban deer hunting, typically a highly regimented program that allows trained hunters to kill deer with a bow on private property. The city's staff liaison will be assistant police chief Roger Fields...
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Mayor, other govt. officials arrested in Pemiscot Co.
(Local News ~ 11/29/11)
CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo. -- Hayti Mayor Bobby Watkins and former Pemiscot County Road and Bridge Supervisor Martin Culver are among seven people arrested in connection with an ongoing investigation by the Pemiscot County Sheriff's Department, the Missouri State Highway Patrol and the patrol's Division of Drug and Crime Control...
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Lady Mules rally; Dexter rolls
(High School Sports ~ 11/29/11)
FARMINGTON -- The Poplar Bluff Lady Mules overcame a lot in their first game of the season Monday night. Missing shots, missing rebounds and missing Marissa Webb, the Lady Mules rallied from a double-digit deficit to edge Pacific 55-54 in the opening round of the Farmington Tournament...
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Lots of new things for Poplar Bluff
(High School Sports ~ 11/29/11)
There will be plenty of change this season for the Poplar Bluff wrestling program. Aside from new weight classes for every team, the Mules will have lots of new faces in the lineup and a new assistant coach. "We have a lot of good, quality kids," Mules coach Brian Wisdom said. "I think we'll do really well in the future. As for this year, we're building again."...
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Neelyville, host advance at Classic
(High School Sports ~ 11/29/11)
VAN BUREN -- The Neelyville Lady Tigers and the Van Buren Lady Dawgs will meet up in the Lady Dawg Classic semifinals as they each throttled their opponents in the first round Monday. Top-seed Neelyville led off the day with a 74-23 win over Ellington. The two-time defending champions of the tournament got up 52-15 at halftime...
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Speak Out 11/29/11
(Opinion ~ 11/29/11)
Be thankful first Yes, I'm calling in regards to all the people that are putting out Christmas decorations and lighting them up already. It's bad enough the stores put Christmas decorations out in September, but you know we do have a Thanksgiving which is a national holiday and our people who came over on the Mayflower and that learned from the Indians to have Thanksgiving day and how to grow the food and how to get along. ...
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2011's tasty leftovers
(Column ~ 11/29/11)
By GEORGE F. WILL "People who live in a Golden Age usually go around complaining how yellow everything looks." -- Randall Jarrell, "A Sad Heart at the Supermarket" WASHINGTON -- This is not a Golden Age, which distinguishes it from no other age. Although we are told it is our duty to be morose about the nation's trajectory, many satisfying, edifying or entertaining things have happened this year. ...
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Irma Epps recalls living in Iran
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/29/11)
To the Editior: Friends have asked, "Irma, what is wrong? you haven't had an article in the paper for months, and don't pay any attention to the reader who said, the paper printed too many of my articles." So I thought I would write a bit of information about Iran, it is in the news often since that leader keeps saying Iran is going to wipe Israel off of the map...
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Return with us to those pre-EPA days
(Column ~ 11/29/11)
By DALE McFEATTERS Scripps Howard News Service There are 16 senators co-sponsoring a bill to effectively abolish the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Perusing the list, one finds that most of them come from bucolic locales in the rural West, Midwest and South...
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Give Democrats a dare
(Column ~ 11/29/11)
By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER WASHINGTON -- Democrats are unanimous in charging that the debt-reduction supercommittee collapsed because Republicans refused to raise taxes. Apparently, Republicans are in the thrall of one Grover Norquist, the anti-tax campaigner, whom Sen. John Kerry called "the 13th member of this committee without being there." Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid helpfully suggested "maybe they should impeach Grover Norquist."...
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Speak Out 11/29/11
(Opinion ~ 11/29/11)
Emerson gone to dark side? Yeah, Southern Missouri's beloved Jo Ann Emerson seems to have gone over to the dark side. She's advocating raising taxes to balance the budget. Had enough yet, folks? Police report the right thing This Penn State scandal -- I have to say I agree that the men who caught the child molester, Jerry Sandusky, performing sex acts on the campus on children, they should have gone directly to the police to make a report. ...
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Students share Penn State blame
(Column ~ 11/29/11)
The initial shock of the child abuse scandal at Penn State was disturbing enough, but what came later may have been even more so. That Joe Paterno, other coaches and members of the administration failed in a straightforward, utterly uncomplicated moral task -- to protect defenseless children from rape -- is almost mind numbing. ...
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Jim Ford
(Obituary ~ 11/29/11)
Jim Ford VAN BUREN, Mo. -- James Melvin "Jim" Ford, 70, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011, in Sikeston, Mo. He was born Nov. 27, 1940, in Fremont, Mo. Mr. Ford had resided in Poplar Bluff, Mo. for the past 30 years and was formerly of Carter County, Mo...
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Wilma Nash
(Obituary ~ 11/29/11)
Wilma Nash Wilma L. Nash, 93, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Monday, Nov. 28, 2011, at the Oakdale Care Center in Poplar Bluff. She was born Nov. 26, 1918, in Grenola, Kans. A graduate of Wichita Business College, Wichita, Kan., she was employed at Sears, Roebuck & Co., and later as the Head Teller at the "66" Federal Credit Union...
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Thelma Williams
(Obituary ~ 11/29/11)
VAN BUREN, Mo. -- Thelma Mae Williams, 76, of Barnhart, Mo. died Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011, in Crystal City, Mo. She was born May 17, 1935 in Fremont, Mo. Mrs. Williams had resided in Jefferson County, Mo., moving there from Fremont in 1958. She was an active member of the First Baptist Church in Festus, Mo. She was a devout Christian and dedicated teacher who touched the lives of all whom she met and all whom she taught...
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Don Menard
(Obituary ~ 11/29/11)
Don Menard DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Don Menard, 86, of Doniphan, Mo., died Monday, Nov. 28, 2011, at his residence. Funeral arrangements are pending with Edwards Funeral Home in Doniphan.
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Alma Bell
(Obituary ~ 11/29/11)
Alma Bell ELLSINORE, Mo. -- Alma Marie Bell, 83, of Van Buren, Mo., died Friday, Nov. 25, 2011, in the Riverways Manor Nursing Home in Van Buren. She was born Oct. 25, 1928, at Ten Mile Community near Ellsinore, Mo. Mrs. Bell had resided in Van Buren for the past eight years and formerly of Ellsinore, Mo., moving here from St. Louis County in 1994...
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Spc. James
(Obituary ~ 11/29/11)
Spc. James Burnett PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Spc. James Roland Burnett Jr., 21, gave his life in defense of his country on Nov. 16, 2011, when the Stryker vehicle he was riding in was struck by an IED in the Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. James, a 2009 graduate of Clearwater High School in Clearwater, Kan., joined the Army Reserve between his junior and senior years of high school and went to full active duty shortly after graduation. ...
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Central Methodist open house at TRC
(Community News ~ 11/29/11)
An opportunity to find out about what Central Methodist University offers in the region will take place Wednesday, Dec. 7, in Poplar Bluff. The Open House will take place from 5-8 p.m. and there is no cost or obligation, said CMU's Karen Lovette. She serves as the site coordinator for CMU-Poplar Bluff...
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Thelma Williams
(Obituary ~ 11/29/11)
Thelma Williams VAN BUREN, Mo. -- Thelma Mae Williams, 76, of Barnhart, Mo. died Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011, in Crystal City, Mo. She was born May Ã*17, 1935 in Fremont, Mo. Mrs. Williams had resided in Jefferson County, Mo., moving there from Fremont in 1958. She was an active member of the First Baptist Church in Festus, Mo. She was a devout Christian and dedicated teacher who touched the lives of all whom she met and all whom she taught...
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Don Menard
(Obituary ~ 11/29/11)
Don Menard DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Don Menard, 86, of Doniphan, Mo., died Monday, Nov. 28, 2011, at his residence. Funeral arrangements are pending with Edwards Funeral Home in Doniphan.
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Alma Bell
(Obituary ~ 11/29/11)
Alma Bell ELLSINORE, Mo. -- Alma Marie Bell, 83, of Van Buren, Mo., died Friday, Nov. 25, 2011, in the Riverways Manor Nursing Home in Van Buren. She was born Oct. 25, 1928, at Ten Mile Community near Ellsinore, Mo. Mrs. Bell had resided in Van Buren for the past eight years and formerly of Ellsinore, Mo., moving here from St. Louis County in 1994...
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Wilma Nash
(Obituary ~ 11/29/11)
Wilma Nash Wilma L. Nash, 93, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Monday, Nov. 28, 2011, at the Oakdale Care Center in Poplar Bluff. She was born Nov. 26, 1918, in Grenola, Kans. A graduate of Wichita Business College, Wichita, Kan., she was employed at Sears, Roebuck & Co., and later as the Head Teller at the "66" Federal Credit Union...
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Jim Ford
(Obituary ~ 11/29/11)
Jim Ford VAN BUREN, Mo. -- James Melvin "Jim" Ford, 70, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011, in Sikeston, Mo. He was born Nov. 27, 1940, in Fremont, Mo. Mr. Ford had resided in Poplar Bluff, Mo. for the past 30 years and was formerly of Carter County, Mo...
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Give Democrats a dare
(Column ~ 11/29/11)
By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER WASHINGTON -- Democrats are unanimous in charging that the debt-reduction supercommittee collapsed because Republicans refused to raise taxes. Apparently, Republicans are in the thrall of one Grover Norquist, the anti-tax campaigner, whom Sen. John Kerry called "the 13th member of this committee without being there." Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid helpfully suggested "maybe they should impeach Grover Norquist."...
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Neelyville, host advance at Classic
(High School Sports ~ 11/29/11)
VAN BUREN -- The Neelyville Lady Tigers and the Van Buren Lady Dawgs will meet up in the Lady Dawg Classic semifinals as they each throttled their opponents in the first round Monday. Top-seed Neelyville led off the day with a 74-23 win over Ellington. The two-time defending champions of the tournament got up 52-15 at halftime...
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Spc. James
(Obituary ~ 11/29/11)
Spc. James Burnett PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Spc. James Roland Burnett Jr., 21, gave his life in defense of his country on Nov. 16, 2011, when the Stryker vehicle he was riding in was struck by an IED in the Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. James, a 2009 graduate of Clearwater High School in Clearwater, Kan., joined the Army Reserve between his junior and senior years of high school and went to full active duty shortly after graduation. ...
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