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Mo. state parks award for Allen
(Local News ~ 03/08/12)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Clark Allen, Poplar Bluff Parks and Recreation director, recently was honored for his commitment to the Missouri Park and Recreation Association. The Fellow Award, which is the highest award given by the 1,000 member association, was presented to Allen at the annual conference held at the Lodge of the Four Seasons at Lake of the Ozarks...
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In Poplar Bluff history Winter is 8th warmest
(Local News ~ 03/08/12)
By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor This winter (December through February) was the 8th warmest in Poplar Bluff while the two previous winters were among the 16 coldest. Allan Curtis, assistant director of the Midwestern Regional Climate Center at Champaign, Ill., said Poplar Bluff's mean temperature for the past three months was 41.3 degrees. He checked available records back to 1893. Several years in the early 1900s are incomplete...
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Study: farm income to fall
(Local News ~ 03/08/12)
By DICK ALDRICH Missouri News Horizon JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A study by an agriculture economics group at the University of Missouri shows that farm income will fall slightly in 2012 due to dropping crop prices. The Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute at the University of Missouri (FAPRI) made public its U.S. Baseline Briefing Book on agricultural and biofuel markets Monday...
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Downtown plan approval sought
(Local News ~ 03/08/12)
By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor The Downtown Poplar Bluff, Inc. Board recommended approval of the proposed Downtown Strategic Plan Tuesday. "It will now be presented to the Poplar Bluff City Council on April 2," said Emily Wolpers, chairman of the DPB board...
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Who's the true conservative?
(Column ~ 03/08/12)
By MONA CHAREN The theme for this year's primary season was set back in May 2011. Recall that the Republican-dominated House of Representatives had just done something that cynics said would not and could not be done. They voted for a budget -- the Ryan budget -- that actually began to tackle the problem of limitless entitlement spending...
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Time to plant cauliflower
(Features ~ 03/08/12)
By PHYLLIS FLANIGAN University of Missouri Extension It's time to plant cauliflower One of the earliest vegetables to plant in spring gardens is cauliflower. This delicious veggie is a cousin of broccoli. In fact, it's hard to tell the plants apart. I know from personal experience that it's easy to get these plants mixed up...
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With or without fish, "it was a good day"
(Outdoors ~ 03/08/12)
Did you ever spend a day on a river or lake and not catch a fish and still say, "It was a good day?" Sometimes that expression comes to life. You don't have to catch a bunch of fish or bag a lot of game to make it a good day. Roger Robinson made that statement to me last week. ...
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Blood drives in this area
(Community News ~ 03/08/12)
Poplar Bluff area blood drives: 1-6 p.m. Monday, March 12, Campbell Elementary School, 801 Highway 53 South, Campbell, Mo. 4-8 p.m. Wednesday, March 14, Fellowship General Baptist Church, 3581 N. Westwood Blvd., Poplar Bluff, Mo. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 17, Bernie General Baptist Church, 201 Fleming, Bernie, Mo...
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Mingo seeking summer workers
(Outdoors ~ 03/08/12)
By LINDSEY LANDOWSKI Mingo NWR PUXICO, Mo. -- Mingo National Wildlife Refuge will sponsor a Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) employment program for the summer of 2012. This is a long-standing educational work program at the refuge, spanning more than 30 years...
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For muskies, try Pomme de Terre Lake
(Outdoors ~ 03/08/12)
By TOM UHLENBROCK Mo. State Parks PITTSBURG, Mo. - The long, silvery body of a large fish broke the glassy surface of Pomme de Terre Lake just as Earle Hammond brought his pontoon boat to a halt at his favorite fishing hole. We hoped it was an omen of good things to come...
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Neelyville's late rally falls short
(High School Sports ~ 03/08/12)
Trailing by one point with 6 seconds left, Neelyville had the ball looking to advance in the MSHSAA Class 2 playoffs Wednesday night. Trying to complete a nine-point, fourth-quarter comeback against South Pemiscot, the Lady Tigers brought the ball up the floor and into the hands of Kayla Maupin...
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Stevens pitches Three Rivers past Logan 2-0
(High School Sports ~ 03/08/12)
Three Rivers freshman Quinton Stevens led the way from the mound and got just enough help Wednesday. Stevens threw 7 2/3 innings and allowed no runs and the Raiders squeaked out a win over Logan (Ill.) College at Pattillo Field in a nine-inning game, 2-0...
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Patrol DWI saturation March 16-18
(Community News ~ 03/08/12)
The Missouri State Highway Patrol will join other law enforcement agencies across the state to crack down on drunk driving from March 16 - 18 by participating in "Drive Sober Or Get Pulled Over" enforcement campaign. The sobering fact is impaired driving contributes to nearly 30 percent of all Missouri fatal traffic crashes...
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No ID released in Cape shooting
(Local News ~ 03/08/12)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Cape Girardeau police were not yet ready Wednesday to release the name of the man who shot himself after a police chase Tuesday afternoon. The man, who is suspected of assaulting a woman on Cape LaCroix Recreational Trail on Sunday, led police on a low-speed chase Tuesday afternoon after they were tipped off to his location earlier in the day. ...
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Dorothy Jones
(Obituary ~ 03/08/12)
Dorothy Jones PADUCAH, Ky. -- Dorothy Rose Jones, 81, of West Paducah, Ky., died Wednesday, March 7, 2012, at Life Care of LaCenter. Mrs. Jones was born April 20, 1930, in Ellsinore, Mo. She was a member of Palestine United Methodist Church and she was a retired clerk at Covington Brothers...
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Linda Spencer
(Obituary ~ 03/08/12)
Linda Spencer PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Linda F. Spencer, 49, of Piedmont, Mo., died Tuesday, March 6, 2012, at Parkland Medical Center in Farmington, Mo. Mrs. Spencer was born April 25, 1962, at Fredericktown, Mo., and had lived in Piedmont for many years. She was a home health aide for Independent Living and was of the Pentecostal faith...
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Dorothy Jones
(Obituary ~ 03/08/12)
Dorothy Jones -- West Paducah, Ky. Linda Spencer -- Piedmont, Mo.
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Hon on KU honor roll
(Community News ~ 03/08/12)
Alexa Danielle Hon of Poplar Bluff, Mo., is one of more than 4,400 undergraduate students at the University of Kansas earned honor roll distinction for the fall 2011 semester. She is a senior in Human Biology and made the honor roll for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences...
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Yard sale benefit for Whitchurch
(Community News ~ 03/08/12)
Whole Kids Outreach, located on Hwy. 21 five miles south of Ellington, Mo., is sponsoring a Yard Sale to benefit Billy Whitchurch, WKO employee. The Yard Sale is schedule for 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Saturday, March 31, in the Activity Building. For information, call 573-663-3257...
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Sacred Heart student to national spell bee
(Community News ~ 03/08/12)
Adeesh Mishra, a sixth-grade student at Sacred Heart School, won the third annual Three Rivers College Southeast Missouri Regional Spelling Bee on Saturday, March 3. Second place went to Haider Cheema, a fifth-grader at the Poplar Bluff 5th and 6th Grade Center. Jade Ray Samanta, a sixth-grade student from Trinity Lutheran in Cape Girardeau, won third place...
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TRC Dean's List additions
(Community News ~ 03/08/12)
Three Rivers Colleges has released names of additional students to the Fall 2011 Dean's List. These names were mistakenly omitted by Three Rivers College from the list originally released. Poplar Bluff, Mo. -- Casey Acre, Heather Bostic, Kirstie Carda, Scotty Clark, Kristy Coursey, Zeb Elsworth, Zachary Ferguson, David Foulk, Chelsie Frost, Bradley Hale, Danyelle Hale, Phillip Hamilton, Kristen Harkey, Abby Ivie, Eric Ivy, Amber Jones, Naomi Kennedy, Jay Ketcherside, Erika Lamb, Joshua Lamb, Scott McGee, Josephine Montezuma, Cathy Norman, Whitney O'Kelley, Sharon Ohrenberg, Dustin Orton, Colton Paukner, Brett Pierce, Sharon Rushin, Megan Smith, Alexander Swenson, Cassady Taylor, Michelle Tinker, Paul VanPraag, Eric Ward, Harold Ward and Jeremie Williams.. ...
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G'ville Students of Month
(Community News ~ 03/08/12)
Nathan Lee Middleton, 17, son of Bonnie and Darrell Middleton of Willamsville, Mo., has been chosen as a Greenville Student of the Month. Middleton has been involved in Educational Talent Search, A+, Bear Ambassador, Basketball and Spanish Clubb. He enjoys "hanging" with friends, playing video games and playing basketball...
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With or without fish, "it was a good day"
(Outdoors ~ 03/08/12)
Did you ever spend a day on a river or lake and not catch a fish and still say, "It was a good day?" Sometimes that expression comes to life. You don't have to catch a bunch of fish or bag a lot of game to make it a good day. Roger Robinson made that statement to me last week. ...
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Mingo seeking summer workers
(Outdoors ~ 03/08/12)
By LINDSEY LANDOWSKI Mingo NWR PUXICO, Mo. -- Mingo National Wildlife Refuge will sponsor a Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) employment program for the summer of 2012. This is a long-standing educational work program at the refuge, spanning more than 30 years...
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Dorothy Jones
(Obituary ~ 03/08/12)
Dorothy Jones PADUCAH, Ky. -- Dorothy Rose Jones, 81, of West Paducah, Ky., died Wednesday, March 7, 2012, at Life Care of LaCenter. Mrs. Jones was born April 20, 1930, in Ellsinore, Mo. She was a member of Palestine United Methodist Church and she was a retired clerk at Covington Brothers...
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Blood drives in this area
(Community News ~ 03/08/12)
Poplar Bluff area blood drives: 1-6 p.m. Monday, March 12, Campbell Elementary School, 801 Highway 53 South, Campbell, Mo. 4-8 p.m. Wednesday, March 14, Fellowship General Baptist Church, 3581 N. Westwood Blvd., Poplar Bluff, Mo. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 17, Bernie General Baptist Church, 201 Fleming, Bernie, Mo...
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For muskies, try Pomme de Terre Lake
(Outdoors ~ 03/08/12)
By TOM UHLENBROCK Mo. State Parks PITTSBURG, Mo. - The long, silvery body of a large fish broke the glassy surface of Pomme de Terre Lake just as Earle Hammond brought his pontoon boat to a halt at his favorite fishing hole. We hoped it was an omen of good things to come...
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Neelyville's late rally falls short
(High School Sports ~ 03/08/12)
Trailing by one point with 6 seconds left, Neelyville had the ball looking to advance in the MSHSAA Class 2 playoffs Wednesday night. Trying to complete a nine-point, fourth-quarter comeback against South Pemiscot, the Lady Tigers brought the ball up the floor and into the hands of Kayla Maupin...
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Patrol DWI saturation March 16-18
(Community News ~ 03/08/12)
The Missouri State Highway Patrol will join other law enforcement agencies across the state to crack down on drunk driving from March 16 - 18 by participating in "Drive Sober Or Get Pulled Over" enforcement campaign. The sobering fact is impaired driving contributes to nearly 30 percent of all Missouri fatal traffic crashes...
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Stevens pitches Three Rivers past Logan 2-0
(High School Sports ~ 03/08/12)
Three Rivers freshman Quinton Stevens led the way from the mound and got just enough help Wednesday. Stevens threw 7 2/3 innings and allowed no runs and the Raiders squeaked out a win over Logan (Ill.) College at Pattillo Field in a nine-inning game, 2-0...
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Sacred Heart student to national spell bee
(Community News ~ 03/08/12)
Adeesh Mishra, a sixth-grade student at Sacred Heart School, won the third annual Three Rivers College Southeast Missouri Regional Spelling Bee on Saturday, March 3. Second place went to Haider Cheema, a fifth-grader at the Poplar Bluff 5th and 6th Grade Center. Jade Ray Samanta, a sixth-grade student from Trinity Lutheran in Cape Girardeau, won third place...
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