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Dale Wayne Beyer
(Obituary ~ 09/01/18)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Dale Wayne Beyer, 58, of Bloomfield, Mo., died Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018, at the Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Family memorial services will be held in Wentzville. Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home of Bloomfield in charge of arrangements...
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Evelyn Gillespie
(Obituary ~ 09/01/18)
PUXICO, Mo. -- Evelyn Gillespie, 89, formerly of Puxico, died Dec. 11, 2017, and was cremated. Visitation was Saturday, Sept. 1, at Morgan Sifford Funeral Home. Burial was in the Puxico Cemetery followed by a memorial at Indian Hills Winery.
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Willard Allen Rehkopf
(Obituary ~ 09/01/18)
Willard Allen Rehkopf, 68, of Advance died Aug. 17. 2018 at the Advance Nursing Home. Services were held Aug. 24, 2018 at the Ziol Lutheran Church in Gordonville. Rev. Wayne Schwiesow officiated. Burial followed in the Zion Lutheran Cemetery with graveside military rites by the Missouri Honors Team...
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Charles Boyles
(Obituary ~ 09/01/18)
Charles Boyles, 86, of Fisk, Mo., died at the Westwood Hills Nursing Center in Poplar Bluff Aug. 29, 2018. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018 at the Watkins & Sons Chapel with the Rev. Ron Beaton of Dexter officiating. Burial was in the Dexter Cemetery in Dexter with Watkins & Sons Funeral Service in charge of arrangements with full military honors...
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Peggy Maxine Parks
(Obituary ~ 09/01/18)
Peggy Maxine Parks, 85, of Bloomfield, Mo., died Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018, at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Peters, Mo.Funeral services were Saturday, Sept. 1, 2018, at the Watkins & Sons Funeral Chapel in Dexter with the Rev. Steve Tippen of Bloomfield, officiating. Burial followed at the Rock Hill Cemetery near Puxico, Mo. with Watkins & Sons Funeral Service of Dexter in charge of arrangements...
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Gov. appoints Dexter man to clean water commission
(Local News ~ 09/01/18)
A Dexter farmer was one of eight appointments Missouri Gov. Parson made Thursday to various boards and commissions Allen Rowland of Dexter was appointed to the Clean Water Commission, while Pat Thomas, of Jefferson City, was reappointed to the Clean Water Commission...
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Grief Share group begins Sept. 5 in PB
(Local News ~ 09/01/18)
Memorial Baptist Church, 2215 S. Broadway, Poplar Bluff, is offering a 13-week Grief Share support group to community members who are grieving the death of a loved one. The first session will be from 1-2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 5. Each weekly sessions starts with a half-hour video seminar featuring experts on various grief and recovery topics -- "Is This Normal?," "The Challenges of Grief," "Grief and Your Relationships, Why?" and "Guilt and Anger." For more information, call Memorial Baptist Church at 573-785-2513. ...
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God is Holy
(Local News ~ 09/01/18)
God is, in the very essence of His nature, holy. He is necessarily holy as part of His perfection. A god that was not holy could not command respect or obedience from us. Were He like the idols gods in Paul's day with their female counterparts, we would not be inspired to worship Him, but to gratify our lusts...
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Hoppers concert in Poplar Bluff Sept. 7
(Local News ~ 09/01/18)
Multi-award winning family group The Hoppers will be in concert beginning at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7, at the Fellowship General Baptist Church, 3581 N. Westwood Blvd., Poplar Bluff, Missouri. The Hoppers have been singing to global audiences for more than 60 years with appearances ranging from presidential religious inaugural ceremonies and New York's Carnegie Hall to singing conventions and church platforms. ...
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Dentist's challenge creates Smiles of Hope
(Local News ~ 09/01/18)
By CALEB H. SWALLOWS Puxico Press DEXTER -- The creator of a program which has helped provide $4 million worth of affordable or low cost dental care while helping more than 4,000 patients was honored this past weekend in Dexter. Dr. Charles Baker challenged area dentists to give back to their community and Smiles of Hope has been the result of that, according to Pastor Tim Russell, of Lighthouse Church, which hosts the program...
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Livin' the sweet life Former area couple builds cupcake business
(Local News ~ 09/01/18)
"I had my eye on him in fifth grade," laughs Tina Stanfield. "But it was seventh grade before I realized it," Rick Stanfield jokingly adds. The couple has been together ever since those youthful years, marrying shortly after high school, and living in Steele, Missouri, while Rick attended Arkansas State University and supported the family by working at Piggly Wiggly. ...
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Stoddard County Fair Sept. 18-22
(Local News ~ 09/01/18)
Each year, the Stoddard County Fair takes over the fairgrounds for five days of fun, food and livestock. It's the behind the scenes people and the many hours they volunteer year-round that make an event of its size look seamless. "The fair is all volunteers," Stoddard County Fair board President Henry Kestner said. "We receive no state, federal or local funding for anything."...
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27th Annual Old Greenville Days to be Sept. 14-16
(Local News ~ 09/01/18)
On Sept. 14-16 all roads in southeast Missouri will lead to the Greenville Recreation Area just two miles south of Greenville, Missouri on U.S. Highway 67. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in partnership with the Wappapello Lake Area Association (WLAA), Wayne County Bicentennial Committee, Wayne County Historical Society, Crowley's Ridge Black Powder Club, and Mingo Job Corps are preparing for the 27th Annual Old Greenville Days event...
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SCSW director says, 'Lets start moving forward'
(Local News ~ 09/01/18)
Concerned Stoddard County taxpayers once again packed the commission chambers Aug. 27 to revise a request of 10 years of Stoddard County Sheltered Workshop financial documents. Spokesperson Mike McCollough reported the group received tax information from 2011-17, so they were no longer requesting the previous three years. Instead, the group is requesting seven years of documents detailing tax money spent by the SCSW beginning with 2017...
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