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Suffering from cancer Area rallies for Ellsinore teen
(Local News ~ 11/01/11)
By SARABETH WALLER Staff Writer Residents from throughout Southeast Missouri showed support Saturday for an Ellsinore, Mo., teen battling cancer, raising more than $7,000 in a basketball tournament, chili dinner and raffle. East Carter R-II junior baseball player Chris Newman was diagnosed in mid-September with Ewing's Sarcoma, cancer in the fibula bone of his leg. ...
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Linked to Poplar Bluff case More bogus bills turn up
(Local News ~ 11/01/11)
By PATRICK T. SULLIVAN SEMO News Service CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Another counterfeit bill was passed at a Cape Girardeau retailer Friday, marking the sixth incident involving fake bills in the city in the past month. Around 1:50 p.m. Friday, Cape Girardeau police responded to Alliance Bank where bank officials said they had received a counterfeit $20 bill from a deposit from Kidd's Oil Company, 1759 Wilson Road...
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Second one in a week Child welfare check leads to meth arrests
(Local News ~ 11/01/11)
By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor For the second time in less than a week, authorities found evidence of suspected methamphetamine production in a Poplar Bluff, Mo., home after officers attempted to check on the welfare of the children living there...
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Customer service is key to Fred's success
(Local News ~ 11/01/11)
Customer service, caring for the community and everyday low pricing are keys to the success of Fred's, 107 W. Jefferson St., Doniphan, Mo. Fred's opened 36 years ago and is owned by Fred and Carolyn Long and Clayton and Pat Jamison. Manager is Pat Coomer...
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Customer Service is Key to fred's success
(Local News ~ 11/01/11)
If you are envisioning perfectly prepared aged-Angus beef, prime rib or seafood followed by mile-high pies, cakes and desserts, you must be planning an evening of dining at The Grill @ Sycamore Hills, located six miles from Doniphan at the Sycamore Hills Golf Course...
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Last season's finish pushing Lady Raiders
(High School Sports ~ 11/01/11)
Three Rivers guard Dennisha Rice still recalls the last time her team faced Mineral Area. After beating the Lady Cardinals twice in the regular season last year, the Lady Raiders lost to them in the first round of the Region XVI Tournament last season as the third seed. The Lady Raiders are keeping that game in mind as they begin the 2011-12 campaign...
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Ellsinore family buys first and last Paul Duckett sells 5 truck center lots
(Business ~ 11/01/11)
By JOHN WILLEY Staff Writer To mark the end of his long and storied career in the heavy truck business, Paul Duckett handed the keys to a new truck to a customer for the last time. The customer wasn't just any customer. They were the second and third generations of the Asher family of Ellsinore, Mo., who purchased the family's 32nd truck from Duckett during their 45 years of doing business with him...
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Missouri to lose jobless tax credits
(Business ~ 11/01/11)
By MELISSA MILLER SEMO News Service Beginning in November, the federal government will take away tax credits from Missouri employers and use the taxes collected to pay back about $725 million the state borrowed to pay unemployment benefits. For the past two years, Missouri was able to borrow the money to shore up its unemployment trust fund interest free, but now the state must pony up and pay it back...
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R-1 closed session action
(Community News ~ 11/01/11)
The Poplar Bluff R-I Board of Education voted in closed session to accept the resignation, effective immediately, of Eugene Field Elementary paraprofessional Crystal Bell. The board also voted to hire, effective immediately: 5th & 6th Grade Center computer lab instructor Aaron Badgley; Oak Grove Elementary paraprofessional Jerra Phillips and Eugene Field custodian Michael Wolff...
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Patterson, Dexter firms get grants
(Business ~ 11/01/11)
Two area business have received grants to assist them in converting agriculture commodities and by-products into more valuable end products. They include Scaggs Rock-N-Lime Inc. of Patterson, Mo., and Southeast Missouri Pellet Plant Project of Dexter, Mo...
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Greenville Auto Parts affiliates with Parts City
(Business ~ 11/01/11)
Greenville Auto Parts located at 151 Front Street, Business 67N is now affiliated with Parts City Auto Parts, a brand of Ozark Automotive Distributors developed specifically for independently-owned auto parts businesses. Currently Ozark Automotive services over 3,870 O'Reilly Auto Parts stores and independent Parts City Auto Parts locations from coast-to-coast. Ozark Automotive provides storeowners with a vast array of support services including:...
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Employers for jobs fair needed
(Business ~ 11/01/11)
Area businesses are being sought for a job fair sponsored by the Missouri Career Center in Poplar Bluff. The job fair will be held to aid employees affected by layoffs by Briggs & Stratton and Fortis Plastics, both located in Poplar Bluff. Employees attending the job fair are skilled or work in the following areas: customer service, production scheduling, material handling, process technicians, machine set up, shipping clerks, lead operators, shift supervisors, tool makers, tool design, CNC operator/programmer, quality technicians, press operators, pad printer, purchasing manager, manufacturing engineer, manufacturing engineer manager, tooling manager, maintenance workers, maintenance manager, human resources, quality manager, plant controller, layout technician, CMM operator, inventory control clerks (MRO), shipping supervisor, operators responsible for the assembly of parts on a production line and technicians with a variety of the following training Statistical Process Control, Print Reading & Gauging, Electrical Power, Electrical Applications, Fluid Power, Programmable Logic Controls and Machining.. ...
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Panel: Wild weather worsens
(Local News ~ 11/01/11)
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Freakish weather disasters -- from the sudden October snowstorm in the Northeast U.S. to the record floods in Thailand -- are striking more often. And global warming is likely to spawn more similar weather extremes at a huge cost, says a draft summary of an international climate report obtained by The Associated Press...
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The pretzel candidate
(Column ~ 11/01/11)
By GEORGE F. WILL WASHINGTON -- The Republican presidential dynamic -- various candidates rise and recede; Mitt Romney remains at about 25 percent support -- is peculiar because conservatives correctly believe it is important to defeat Barack Obama but unimportant that Romney be president. This is not cognitive dissonance...
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The conquest of the west
(Column ~ 11/01/11)
By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN On Oct. 31, the U.N. Population Fund marks the arrival of the 7 billionth person on Earth and raises the population estimate for the planet at mid-century to 9.3 billion people. There is a possibility, says the United Nations, that, by century's end, world population may reach 15 billion. What does this mean for Western civilization?...
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Finding autumn in the desert
(Column ~ 11/01/11)
By SHARON RANDALL Scripps Howard News Service You may wonder why there's a pumpkin sitting on my fence post, pretending not to look out of place surrounded by palm trees and yucca and rocks. Pumpkins are not native to the desert, but, hey, neither am I...
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America in decline
(Column ~ 11/01/11)
By BILL O'REILLY According to a new poll by The Hill newspaper, 69 percent of Americans now believe the USA is in "decline." In addition, a whopping 83 percent indicate they are worried about America's future. Very sobering. So what's going on? If you study history, you know that America was built on self-reliance and personal achievement. ...
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Speak Out 11/1/11
(Opinion ~ 11/01/11)
Be proud of your daughter Hi, Speak Out. I was lookin' at today's paper and saw where the little second grader, Riley Whitlow, donated her 12 inch braid of hair to "Locks of Love." And, I just want to tell her parents what a wonderful thing that they are teachin' their daughter. She looks totally cute with her haircut...
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GOP on immigrants
(Column ~ 11/01/11)
By ANN McFEATTERS Scripps Howard News Service No matter what, minorities will be the majority in America by 2050, according to the Census Bureau. Some demographers say minorities will outnumber non-Hispanic whites by 2042. As Republicans continue the unwieldy but entertaining process of weeding through candidates to lead them in the crucial 2012 elections, it is informative to hear their ideas on this development...
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Profits are for people
(Column ~ 11/01/11)
The Occupy Wall Street demonstrators are demanding "people before profits" -- as if profit motivation were the source of mankind's troubles -- when it's often the absence of profit motivation that's the true villain. First, let's get both the definition and magnitude of profits out of the way. ...
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LeRoy Arbuckle
(Obituary ~ 11/01/11)
LeRoy Arbuckle LeRoy Anthony Arbuckle, 77, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mr. Arbuckle was born Sept. 1, 1934 in St. Joseph, Mo. He was a member of Southside Assembly of God, and has retired from Eubanks EDD Trucking Co. ...
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Nolan Walker
(Obituary ~ 11/01/11)
Nolan Walker DEXTER, Mo. -- Nolan Walker, 70, of Dexter, Mo., died Monday, Oct. 31, 2011, at Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter. He was born on Dec. 29, 1940, in Dexter. Mr. Walker was a superintendent at Huffman Construction in Poplar Bluff, Mo. and a resident of Dexter, formally of Bloomfield, Mo...
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Wanda Williams
(Obituary ~ 11/01/11)
Wanda Williams DEXTER, Mo. -- Wanda Lee Williams, 84, of Dexter, Mo., died on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011, at the Golden Living Center in Dexter. She was born on Jan. 6, 1927, in Ware, Ill., and had spent the past 13 months in the Golden Living Center. Mrs. ...
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Elvis Weaver
(Obituary ~ 11/01/11)
Elvis Weaver MALDEN, Mo. -- Elvis Connie Weaver, 62, of Portageville, Mo., died Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Mr. Weaver was born March 19, 1949, in Portageville. He was of the Baptist faith and enjoyed hunting and fishing...
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Edward Phillips
(Obituary ~ 11/01/11)
Edward Phillips FISK, Mo. -- Edward Phillips, 81, of Fisk, Mo., died Monday, Oct. 31, 2011, at Mark Twain Caring Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Mr. Phillips was born June 2, 1930 in St. Louis, Mo. He was an over the road truck driver and enjoyed Cardinal Baseball and fishing...
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Glen Wicker
(Obituary ~ 11/01/11)
Glen Wicker FISK, Mo. -- Glen Dale Wicker, 73, of Puxico, Mo., died Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Mr. Wicker was born Aug. 27, 1938, in Caruthersville, Mo. He had lived in St. Charles, Mo., for several years before moving to Poplar Bluff in 1969. He had lived in the Dudley, Mo., and Puxico, Mo., area for the past six years and attended the Life Chapel Assembly of God Church in Puxico...
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Virginia Book
(Obituary ~ 11/01/11)
Virginia Book FISK, MO. -- Virginia Book, 99, of Puxico, Mo., died Monday, Oct. 31, 2011 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. She was born Sept. 19, 1912 in Marquand, Mo.,to Thomas and Mary London. She graduated from Puxico High School in 1931. She married Loyd Book on May 18, 1931 in Fisk, Mo. They later moved to Mobile, Ala., where they resided for more than 20 years before moving back to Fisk...
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Clyde
(Obituary ~ 11/01/11)
Clyde Westmoreland PUXICO, Mo. --Clyde E. Westmoreland, 74, of Puxico, Mo., died Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Mr. Westmoreland was born Feb. 9, 1937, in St. Louis, Mo. He lived in St. Louis before moving to Puxico in 1999. Mr. Westmoreland attended the Pleasant Valley Church and was a retired construction worker...
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Louis Ezell
(Obituary ~ 11/01/11)
Louis Ezell DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Louis Calvin Ezell, 78, of Doniphan, Mo., died Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011, at his residence. Mr. Ezell was born Dec. 5, 1932, in Doniphan. He was a millwright in the Olin Corporation. Mr. Ezell enjoyed showing and raising horses, hunting, fishing and enjoying the outdoors. He was a 1951 Doniphan High School graduate and a veteran of the Korean War, and served with the U.S. Navy on the U.S.S. Behnam from 1951-1955...
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Barbara Fletcher
(Obituary ~ 11/01/11)
Barbara Fletcher DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Barbara Fletcher of Doniphan, Mo., died Monday, Oct. 31, 2011, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. Funeral arrangements are pending with Edwards Funeral Home in Doniphan.
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Pauline Hill
(Obituary ~ 11/01/11)
Pauline Hill FISK, Mo. -- Pauline Hill, 83, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Sunday, Oct., 30, 2011, at her son's residence. Mrs. Hill was born Nov. 30, 1927, in Hasty, Ark. She was a resident of Butler County most of her life and attended Lone Hill Baptist Church. Mrs. Hill was a homemaker, taught school and worked at Hills Grocery. She enjoyed fishing and playing cards...
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Baugus is T. Rivers top student
(Community News ~ 11/01/11)
Baugus is Twin Rivers top student The Twin Rivers High School Royal Senior of the Month for September is Jacob Baugus. Baugus, son of Mike and Myrna Baugus, is an active member of Beta Club and is the current chaplin for Beta. He was also the student of the month in both his freshman and junior years...
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3 church bazaars Sat.
(Local News ~ 11/01/11)
By CAROLYN SMITH Staff Writer Every year residents of Poplar Bluff and Butler County look forward to the first Saturday in November. That's the day First United Methodist Church, Holy Cross Episcopal Church and Sacred Heart hold their annual bazaars...
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TRC schedules Financial aid workshops
(Community News ~ 11/01/11)
Three Rivers College employees are working hard to prepare current and future students for the spring 2012 semester. Davine Conover, a student loan management specialist for the college, will present a free workshop titled "Navigating the Waters of Financial Aid" at the Tinnin Fine Arts Center at 6 p.m. Thursday and 6 p.m. Nov. 29 at the Kay Porter building of Poplar Bluff High School...
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You Are Not Only Part Of A Tradition, But Also Part Of Our Eye Care Family
(Local News ~ 11/01/11)
Since 1954, when Dr. Jack Hunt and his wife, Myra, opened his practice in Doniphan, Mo. the Vision Improvement Clinic has provided quality eye care for local families. In January 2000, Dr. Jack Hunt retired and Dr. Jim Hunt and his wife, Evelyn, bought the practice, continuing the tradition of professional and community services, receiving much recognition and awards...
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Louis Ezell
(Obituary ~ 11/01/11)
Louis Ezell DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Louis Ezell, 78, of Doniphan, Mo., died Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011, at his residence. Funeral arrangements are pending with Edwards Funeral Home in Doniphan and will be announced at a later time.
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LeRoy A.
(Obituary ~ 11/01/11)
LeRoy A. Arbuckle LeRoy A. Arbuckle, 77, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Arrangements are pending and will be announced by Cotrell Funeral Service in Poplar Bluff.
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Ira Edward
(Obituary ~ 11/01/11)
Ira Edward Phillips FISK, Mo. -- Ira Edward Phillips, 81, of Fisk, Mo., died Monday, Oct. 31, 2011, at Mark Twain Caring Center in Poplar Bluff. Funeral arrangements are pending with White-Sanders Funeral Home in Fisk.
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Glen Wicker
(Obituary ~ 11/01/11)
Glen Wicker FISK, Mo. -- Glen Wicker, 73, of Puxico, Mo., died Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011, at Poplar Bluff Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are pending with White-Sanders Funeral Home in Fisk.
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Elvis Weaver
(Obituary ~ 11/01/11)
Elvis Weaver MALDEN, Mo. -- Elvis Weaver, 62, of Portageville, Mo., died Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Arrangements are pending and will be announced by Bradshaw Funeral Home in Malden, Mo.
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Clyde E.
(Obituary ~ 11/01/11)
Clyde E. Westmoreland PUXICO, Mo. -- Clyde E. Westmoreland, 74, of Puxico, Mo., died Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. A complete obituary will be published later with Watkins & Sons Funeral Service of Puxico in charge of arrangements...
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Scouting for Food starts Sat.
(Local News ~ 11/01/11)
By CAROLYN SMITH Staff Writer Beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday, Boy Scouts will kick-off their annual "Scouting for Food" campaign sponsored by the Sioux District. This year, the Boy Scouts in full uniform along with their adult supervisers will man food collection stations at these grocery stores: Country Mart, County Mart and Calhoun's Food-Rite, as well as Calhoun's Food Rite in Wappapello, Mo...
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Plaza Flower Serves Doniphan Area for Four Decades
(Local News ~ 11/01/11)
Genie Smith purchased the former Lee's Flowers about 37 years ago from Bill Wright. The former Lee's Flowers was a small floral shop in downtown and Genie has grown the business into an FTD national award winning shop for the years of 2009 and 2010...
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Pauline Hill
(Obituary ~ 11/01/11)
Pauline Hill FISK, Mo. -- Pauline Hill, 83, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011, at her residence. Funeral arrangements are pending with White-Sanders Funeral Home in Fisk.
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Cape eliminates Mules again
(High School Sports ~ 11/01/11)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- For the third time in the last four seasons, Cape Central had its hand in eliminating the Poplar Bluff Mules in district play. The Mules tied the MSHSAA Class 3 District 1 tournament game Monday night with an offensive surge at the beginning of the second half but couldn't get back up after a fluke goal and a penalty shot by the Tigers gave them a 3-1 victory...
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Marshall Sanders
(Obituary ~ 11/01/11)
Marshall Sanders VAN BUREN, Mo. -- Marshall Eugene "Gene" Sanders, 78, of Van Buren, Mo., died Friday, Oct. 28, 2011, in Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center at Poplar Bluff, Mo. Mr. Sanders was born March 31, 1933, in Van Buren. He attended school in Van Buren and graduated from the Van Buren High School in 1951. ...
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Mark Connell
(Obituary ~ 11/01/11)
Mark Connell VAN BUREN, Mo. -- Mark Luther Connell, 55, of rural Ellsinore, Mo., died Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011, in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Mr. Connell was born June 8, 1956, in Jackson, Mich. He was a lifetime resident of the Ellsinore and Van Buren area, and was a self-employed electrician. He was of Pentecostal faith and enjoyed motorcycles, rebuilding sawmills and reading...
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John O. Crites
(Obituary ~ 11/01/11)
John O. Crites John O. Crites, 81, of Qulin, Mo., died Monday, Oct. 31, at his residence. Funeral arrangements are pending with Cotrell Funeral Service in Poplar Bluff, Mo.
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Max Price
(Obituary ~ 11/01/11)
Max Price DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Max Price, 85, a retired Ripley County farmer and Current River fishing guide, died at home with his family in Doniphan, Mo., Sunday morning, Oct. 30, 2011. Mr. Price was born in Ripley County on Oct. 9, 1926, the fourth son of Elvie and Myrtle (Eagan) Price...
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Ralph Kitley
(Obituary ~ 11/01/11)
Ralph Kitley PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Ralph E. Kitley, 86, formerly of Piedmont, Mo., died Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011, at his residence in Poplar Bluff, Mo. He was born Aug. 8, 1925, in Flora, Ill., son of the late Robert Rex Kitley and the late Zora Alice Richardson Kitley. Ralph attended Flora public schools and received his diploma in 1940...
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Warren Brannum
(Obituary ~ 11/01/11)
Warren Brannum DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Warren Lee Brannum, 64, of Doniphan, Mo., died Monday, Oct. 31, 2011, at his residence. Mr. Brannum, son of Warren C. and Louise (Williamson) Brannum, was born Oct. 25, 1947, in St. Louis, Mo. He was a disabled Vietnam veteran...
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Dean Fuller
(Obituary ~ 11/01/11)
Dean Fuller Dean Lee Fuller, 71, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011, in Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mr. Fuller was born May 5, 1940, in Aurora, Ill. He served in the U.S. Navy from February 1958 to January 1967. He worked as a salesman and was a member of American Legion Post 141 in Mt. Vernon, Ill., Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Eagles Club in Poplar Bluff...
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2011-12 REGION XVI MEN'S PREVIEW
(High School Sports ~ 11/01/11)
Mineral Area The Cardinals are looking to rebound this year after finishing last season at the bottom of Region XVI. "I don't have any (expectations), I just like this team," Mineral Area coach Corey Tate said. "It is working hard. "I hope good things happen for them, I just want this team to have good results."...
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Finding autumn in the desert
(Column ~ 11/01/11)
By SHARON RANDALL Scripps Howard News Service You may wonder why there's a pumpkin sitting on my fence post, pretending not to look out of place surrounded by palm trees and yucca and rocks. Pumpkins are not native to the desert, but, hey, neither am I...
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Bob Morey Sr.
(Obituary ~ 11/01/11)
Bob Morey Sr. DONIPHAN, Mo. -- James "Bob" Edward Morey Sr., 77, of Williamsville, Mo., died Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Mr. Morey was born July 7, 1934, in Grandin, Mo. He was a tie purchaser in the lumber industry. Mr. Morey attended Walton General Baptist Church. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, going to church, and spending time with grandchildren...
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