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Speak Out 4/11/13
(Opinion ~ 04/11/13)
The school administrators and school board ought to all resign. Somebody had a vendetta against Coach Brown and now they have ruined his life. I hope he sues them. Thank you.
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The trigger and the poison pill
(Column ~ 04/11/13)
By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER WASHINGTON -- Is a bipartisan immigration deal at hand? It's close. Last week, the AFL-CIO and the Chamber of Commerce worked out a guest-worker compromise that allows in foreign workers on a sliding scale of 20,000 to 200,000, depending on the strength of the economy...
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TOPS 734 has weekly meeting
(Community News ~ 04/11/13)
Members of TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Mo. 734 held their weekly meeting at 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 20, the First Presbyterian Church, corner of Oak and Main Streets. Attending were 20 TOPS and four KOPS members. Following the business meeting, Pam Kane read an article from Mayo Clinic pertaining to aspirin...
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Speak Out 4/11/13
(Opinion ~ 04/11/13)
A disgrace to everyone I just got a magazine. While thumbing through it and read an article a person wrote on profanity. I don't believe you care for me to quote them. They said we've come so accustomed to bad language that cursing is a modern-day noise pollution. ...
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PBRMC adds to its team
(Business ~ 04/11/13)
Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center announces the addition of new members to its current administrative team. Melissa Samuelson, DNP, RN, NEA, BC has been named as the new chief nursing executive and Kevin Fowler, MBA, CPA, is the new chief financial officer. Gerald Faircloth, FACHE, already a member of the administrative team, has also taken on a new role as administrator...
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The trade-off
(Column ~ 04/11/13)
By MIKE JENSEN Publisher Sikeston Standard Democrat The possibility of compromise with a "Grand Bargain" on critical national issues seems more remote with each passing day. The reason is both simple and understandable. People compromise on paint color or dinner choices but balk when it comes to issues of principle...
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Propaganda as pedagogy
(Column ~ 04/11/13)
By GEORGE F. WILL WASHINGTON -- The real vocation of some people entrusted with delivering primary and secondary education is to validate this proposition: The three R's -- formerly reading, 'riting and 'rithmetic -- now are racism, reproduction and recycling. Especially racism. Consider Wisconsin's Department of Public Instruction. It evidently considers "instruction" synonymous with "propaganda," which in the patois of progressivism is called "consciousness-raising."...
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Juanita
(Obituary ~ 04/11/13)
Juanita Thompson MALDEN, Mo.--Juanita Thompson, 76, of Malden, died Friday, April 5, 2013, in her home. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until noon Friday at the Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church in Malden. The funeral service will follow visitation. Burial will be in Macedonia Cemetery...
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Short-handed Raiders earn painful split
(High School Sports ~ 04/11/13)
A short-handed Three Rivers baseball team got banged up a little bit more Tuesday, but was able to split its doubleheader against Dyersburg State, winning 4-3 before losing 11-1 at Pattillo Field. With only a handful of pitchers available for the day, a hazard of a busy schedule, Reese Johnson was given the ball for his first start of the season. He responded and then some...
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