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Early Childhood Teacher of Year Lori Bell in 1st yr. at R-1
(Local News ~ 04/08/14)
By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer (Note: Poplar Bluff has selected a Teacher of the Year from each campus. These teachers will be profiled once a week in April and May.) An Early Childhood Center teacher has been chosen as Teacher of the Year for the campus in her first year with the Poplar Bluff School District...
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for tuesday's election Issues, races expected to raise turnout
(Local News ~ 04/08/14)
By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor During the past 10 years, the highest voter turnout for an April election in Butler County was 5,386 in 2007. With all the contests and issues on Tuesday's ballots, Butler County Clerk Tonyi Deffendall hopes the turnout will be in the 20-25 percent range...
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Council candidate Smith touts progress of city
(Local News ~ 04/08/14)
Robert Smith, who has served as the Ward 5 member on the Poplar Bluff City Council for 12 years, is seeking his fifth term in Tuesday's election. "As a long-time resident of Poplar Bluff, I have a vision for the city to grow and be a better community for all of us to live in," Smith said. "There are a lot of good things going on and I want to see them completed."...
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BATTLE UNDERWAY TO CONTROL THEM Lake flood shifts feral hogs to Mingo
(Local News ~ 04/08/14)
By PAUL DAVIS Outdoors Editor PUXICO, Mo. -- The Mingo National Wildlife Refuge, with its large expanses of bottomland hardwood timber, swamps and upland ridges, is home to tens of thousands of wintering waterfowl, innumerable deer and turkeys, and a host of other native wildlife species. More and more, it's becoming home for an unwanted invasive species - the feral hog - and refuge staff is working hard to eliminate it...
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Speak Out 4/8/14
(Opinion ~ 04/08/14)
Thank you, Jesse for kindness Yesterday we were at the pediatrician's office in Poplar Bluff and I have a little boy who is unable to walk very well. And the elevators were out and all of a sudden this man appeared and he had a stack of Daily American Republic newspapers in his hands and his name was Jesse Hines, I found out. ...
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Vote for prosperity Tuesday
(Column ~ 04/08/14)
Poplar Bluff is sitting on the cusp of what could be the biggest growth explosion in its history. For that reason, it is important that we elect to the City Council on Tuesday civic-minded citizens who are dedicated to seeing us continue to prosper...
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Speak Out 4/8/14
(Opinion ~ 04/08/14)
Dumbing down in U.S. By a sheer accident of chance the other evening I was channel surfing trying to find something decent to watch and yet oddly upon accidentally hitting the button and turned on the closed captioning I scrolled across the opening credits for that cartoon that many watch called "Sponge Bob Square Pants" and I came to the realization that education is now dead in America when I happened upon the fact that the Department of Education sponsors "Sponge Bob Square Pants" and Nickelodeon. ...
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Whose side is God on now?
(Column ~ 04/08/14)
By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN In his Kremlin defense of Russia's annexation of Crimea, Vladimir Putin, even before he began listing the battles where Russian blood had been shed on Crimean soil, spoke of an older deeper bond. Crimea, said Putin, "is the location of ancient Khersones, where Prince Vladimir was baptized. His spiritual feat of adopting Orthodoxy predetermined the overall basis of the culture, civilization and human values that unite the peoples of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus."...
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Tax reformer's uphill push
(Column ~ 04/08/14)
By GEORGE F. WILL WASHINGTON -- The Sisyphean task of tax reform should be tried only by someone who will not flinch from igniting some highly flammable people -- those who believe that whatever wrinkle in the tax code benefits them is an eternal entitlement. Tax reform's Senate champion is Ron Wyden, the affable, cerebral and tall Oregon Democrat who once wanted to be the NBA's greatest Jewish power forward since ... never mind...
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Lake Road honor roll
(Community News ~ 04/08/14)
Lake Road Elementary School has released its third quarter A and B honor roll lists for the 2013-2014 school year. Students named to that list follow. Second Grade A Honor Roll: Gabriella Anderson, Selena Anthony, Brendan Carl, Cori Duncan, Spencer Gregg, Izabella Hernandez, Tatyana Littlewhiteman, William Melton, Zenaye Muldrew and Zoey Wawak...
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Michael Kingree
(Obituary ~ 04/08/14)
Michael Kingree BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Michael Dow Kingree, 63, of Bloomfield died Saturday, April 5, 2014, at Southeast Health Center of Stoddard County in Dexter, Mo. Mr. Kingree was born Aug. 19, 1950, to the late Dow and Velma Lee McRoy Kingree. He had lived in Southeast Missouri and Bloomfield most of his life. ...
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Sheila Lovelace
(Obituary ~ 04/08/14)
Sheila Lovelace PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Sheila L. Lovelace, 97, of Piedmont died Saturday, April 5, 2014, at the Clark's Mountain Nursing Center in Piedmont. Born July 27, 1916, in the Damon Community near Piedmont, to the late Albion and Velma (Hood) Daniel, Mrs. ...
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Syrell Peppers
(Obituary ~ 04/08/14)
Syrell Peppers Stanley "Syrell" Peppers, 45, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away on Tuesday, April 1, 2014, at Poplar Bluff Regional Hospital in Poplar Bluff. Syrell enjoyed hunting and fishing but what he loved most in life was his little girl. He was a heavy equipment operator and had worked at Commercial Construction...
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Errors trip up Raiders in sweep to Mineral Area
(High School Sports ~ 04/08/14)
The Raiders were undone by six errors Sunday to lose both games against Mineral Area after sweeping Saturday's doubleheader against the Cardinals. Three Rivers committed four errors in the opener and lost 6-5. Then had two more in the nightcap and lost 11-4 at Roger Pattillo Field...
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Lady Raiders break HR record in sweep
(High School Sports ~ 04/08/14)
When the season started, the Lady Raiders and their coaches all thought the team would hold form with the past few seasons and win with small ball and great defense. Whoops. With two home runs Sunday, Three Rivers has set a new team record for home runs in a season and still has at least 20 games left...
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James Davis
(Obituary ~ 04/08/14)
James Davis PUXICO, Mo. -- James Roy Davis, 90, of Puxico died Friday, April 4, 2014, at the Puxico Nursing Center in Puxico. Mr. Davis, son of the late William Franklin and Melvina Miller Davis, was born in Henderson, Ky., on July 9, 1923. He had moved to the Puxico area in 1950. ...
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Results of PB DWI roadblock
(Community News ~ 04/08/14)
Cpt. George E. Ridens, commanding officer of Troop E, Poplar Bluff, Mo., announced the results of a DWI saturation conducted in Troop E, beginning at 11 p.m. March 15 and ending at 3 a.m. March. During the operation a total of 67 vehicles were stopped. ...
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Harwell Museum meeting reset
(Local News ~ 04/08/14)
The Friends of the Margaret Harwell Art Museum annual meeting scheduled for Tuesday has been cancelled. The meeting has been rescheduled for 4:30 p.m. April 15 at the museum. All board members are invited to attend. For more information, contact the museum at 573-686-8002...
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Stranger on plane becomes connected compatriot
(Column ~ 04/08/14)
By SHARON RANDALL McClatchy-Tribune News Service Call me old-fashioned or just plain old, but one of the things I like about airline travel is being required to shut off cell phones - no talking, texting, emailing, Facebooking or whatevering for the duration of the flight...
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