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The Trump economy
(Column ~ 06/08/18)
By ADRIANA COHEN With the 2020 presidential election on the horizon, voters will have a distinct choice: Elect another food stamps politician like Barack Obama or re-elect jobs creator Donald Trump. The numbers don't lie. Participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program soared by 70 percent between 2008 and 2012, with nearly 50 million Americans placed on food assistance, The Wall Street Journal reported. ...
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Loose lips sank baker's case
(Column ~ 06/08/18)
By GEORGE F. WILL WASHINGTON -- "Loose lips sink ships" was a World War II slogan warning Americans against inadvertently disclosing important secrets, such as troop ships' sailing schedules. On Monday, the Supreme Court showed that loose lips can sink cases...
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Eagle Sky names new director
(Local News ~ 06/08/18)
Staff Report The Eagle Sky of the Ozarks Board of Directors have appointed a husband and wife team to serve as executive director and director of human resources. Greg D. Graham will serve as executive director and his wife Linda Graham as director of human resources. Their appointments will be effective June 18...
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Lois (Eickelberg) Francis
(Obituary ~ 06/08/18)
Lois Marie (Eickelberg) Francis, 80 passed on June 6, 2018 at her residence in Broseley, MO. Lois was born July 15, 1937, to the Rev. Theodore and Edith (Kulhmann) Eickelberg in Waverly, IA. Lois became a registered nurse in 1958 and practiced until 2012. She touched many lives during her career. She was a strong dedicated Lutheran and for many years played the organ for both the Zion Lutheran Church and Holy Cross Episcopal Church both in Poplar Bluff...
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Dollie Mae Board
(Obituary ~ 06/08/18)
FISK, Mo. - Dollie Mae Board, 87, died on Jan. 29, 2018 at Sandwich Rehab and Nursing Home in Sandwich, IL. A graveside service will be at 11 a.m., June 11, 2018 in Ash Hill Cemetery in Fisk.
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Carl "Buddy" Schubert III
(Obituary ~ 06/08/18)
CAMPBELL, Mo. - Carl "Buddy" Schubert III, 43, of Holcomb, Mo., died Tuesday, June 5 , 2018 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. Visitation will be from 6 - 8 p.m., Monday, June 11 at Landess Funeral Home in Campbell. The funeral will be at 11 a.m., Tuesday, June 12 at Landess Funeral Chapel with Rev. Randy Vaughn officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn Landess Addition Cemetery in Campbell. Landess Funeral Home of Campbell is in charge of arrangements...
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Marshall Shain
(Obituary ~ 06/08/18)
FISK, Mo. - Marshall Shain, age 67, of Fisk, died Wednesday, June 6, 2018 at Poplar Bluff, MO. Mr. Shain was born December 6, 1950 in Fisk. He formerly was an attorney and had served as Assistant Prosecuting Attorney in Cape Girardeau County. He loved music and had played music with several different bands in Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois...
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Garden-like settings
(Local News ~ 06/08/18)
Riding the tractor the other day while helping my son cut his grass, I found myself both laughing and crying. I kept glancing over at him, as he worked behind the push mower, so he wouldn't see me behaving like this. It is just that mowing is such great therapy, and this day and our setting here in Wappapello are so tranquil, so inspiring, with Bennett's lovely corner property, the lush fields beyond, a distant tree line where we are always spotting deer...
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Designing Women scholarships awarded
(Community News ~ 06/08/18)
Staff Report Designing Women $1,000 scholarship recipients Subrina Barger, Sydney Clanahan, Stephanie Pruett and Alexis Tinsley and Kenneth Hadley, the winner of the Charlie Classics Scholarship, were honored recently at a reception at the Bloodworth House...
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Tour introduces region to cyclists
(Local News ~ 06/08/18)
NEW MADRID, Mo. -- Brian Bury parked his bicycle and walked on the observation deck at New Madrid. After watching the Mississippi River flow past, he stopped to read a placard detailing the role the river played in America's Civil War. The annual Ride The Fault Line bicycle tour promises participants more than a chance to ride. To hear participants like Bury, a resident of Northville, Mich., talk, it delivers...
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Rescue Mission program provides transportation 'MY BIKE IS HOW I GET AROUND'
(Local News ~ 06/08/18)
The mundane metal bicycle racks stationed at schools, parks and near the occasional retail store are so commonplace they're often overlooked. But for the men of the United Gospel Rescue Mission, they provide a secure place to store their only mode of transportation...
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