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Award for local court
(Local News ~ 04/26/12)
By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor The Missouri Supreme Court recently honored the 36th Judicial Circuit with an award for conducting juvenile cases in a timely manner. For the fourth time, the circuit, which includes Butler and Ripley counties, received the Permanency Award. The circuit was one of 18 in the state to receive the award this year...
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A special song for Kyle
(Local News ~ 04/26/12)
By CAROLYN SMITH Staff Writer They are doing it for one of their own. There probably will be a lot of moist eyes - in the audience and among the musicians - when the Poplar Bluff High School Band presents its Spring Concert at 7 p.m. Monday in the Kay Porter Theater...
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Bloomfield PO closes; asbestos is found
(Local News ~ 04/26/12)
By COREY NOLES SEMO News Service BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- The presence of asbestos has forced the closure of the Bloomfield post office. According to a sign on the door, the post office has been temporarily closed. After calls to the newspaper office questioning the sign, The Daily Statesman contacted the U.S. Postal Service office in Kansas City about the event...
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Teen hit getting off bus
(Local News ~ 04/26/12)
SEMO News Service HOLCOMB, Mo. -- A 14-year-old student was struck by a vehicle after exiting a school bus Tuesday afternoon, the Daily Dunklin Democrat reported. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol Cpl. M.L. Scoggins, about 3:30 p.m., Richard Mathews, 46, of Malden, Mo., was traveling eastbound on Highway 25, just east of Holcomb when he attempted to pass a school bus and another vehicle, driven by Houston McElwrath, 18, of Kennett, Mo., on the right side. ...
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Teen hit getting off bus
(Local News ~ 04/26/12)
SEMO News Service HOLCOMB, Mo. -- A 14-year-old student was struck by a vehicle after exiting a school bus Tuesday afternoon, the Daily Dunklin Democrat reported. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol Cpl. M.L. Scoggins, about 3:30 p.m., Richard Mathews, 46, of Malden, Mo., was traveling eastbound on Highway 25, just east of Holcomb when he attempted to pass a school bus and another vehicle, driven by Houston McElwrath, 18, of Kennett, Mo., on the right side. ...
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Award for local court
(Local News ~ 04/26/12)
By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor The Missouri Supreme Court recently honored the 36th Judicial Circuit with an award for conducting juvenile cases in a timely manner. For the fourth time, the circuit, which includes Butler and Ripley counties, received the Permanency Award. The circuit was one of 18 in the state to receive the award this year...
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For Illinois, the bills come due
(Column ~ 04/26/12)
By GEORGE F. WILL WASHINGTON -- After trying to tax Illinois to governmental solvency and economic dynamism, Pat Quinn, a Democrat who has been governor since 2009, now says "our rendezvous with reality has arrived." Actually, Illinois is still reality-averse, so Americans may soon learn the importance of the freedom to fail in a system of competitive federalism...
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Troubled by Brannum editorial
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/26/12)
To the Editor: Re: Editorial entitled "Is Ordinance Aimed at Brannum?" dated Wednesday, April 18, 2012 I found your editorial of the 18th very troubling due to what I believe to be somewhat of an attack on Johnny Brannum's sense of duty, integrity and abilities...
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Brown's firing was disappointing
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/26/12)
To the Editor: I was very disappointed to read of the recent action that our board of education took with regard to the retention of Coach Jim Brown as athletic director for Poplar Bluff High School. I was fortunate to be a member of the R-1 School Board in 1989 when Coach Brown was hired. He along with Coaches Paul Webber and Mark Barousse became instrumental in reviving our ailing high school football program...
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They can be checked Beware of climate facts
(Column ~ 04/26/12)
By MONA CHAREN In a better world, debates about science -- and nearly everything else -- would be conducted without resort to demagoguery, sentimentality, cynical manipulation, or hysteria. In the world we inhabit, those tactics are dismayingly routine. Still, the great weakness of overwrought predictions of doom is that they can be checked...
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Green Thumb Garden Club, helping locally since 1951
(Local News ~ 04/26/12)
By CAROLYN SMITH Staff Writer A few months ago, the Green Thumb Garden Club celebrated its 60th anniversary as an active member in the community, promoting an interest and education in horticulture, landscaping, floral design and community beautification...
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It's time to plant sweet corn
(Features ~ 04/26/12)
Now is the time to plant one of my favorite veggies. You can plant sweet corn anytime between April 15 and Aug. 15 according to the Vegetable Planting Calendar. Yellow, sugar-enhanced varieties you may want to plant include Legend, Sweet Riser, Incredible, Bodacious, Kandy Korn (my favorite), Tuxedo, and Sugar Ace. Yellow super sweet varieties recommended are Challenger, Saturn, Endeavor, Bunker Hill, Flagship II, Morning Star, Primetime, and Zenith...
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Michael Morris
(Obituary ~ 04/26/12)
Michael Morris BERNIE, Mo. -- Michael Todd Morris, 49, of Bernie, Mo., died Tuesday, April 24, 2012, at his residence. Mr. Morris was born on May 10, 1962, in Dexter, Mo. Mr. Morris was a veteran of the United States Army and was employed by Ames True Temper in Bernie...
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Melinda Reaves
(Obituary ~ 04/26/12)
Melinda Reaves MALDEN, Mo. -- Melinda Reaves, 44, of Malden, Mo., died Wednesday, April 25, 2012, in Malden. Funeral arrangements are pending with Landess Funeral Home of Malden.
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Bass, crappie tournaments on tap
(Outdoors ~ 04/26/12)
This week, there are two fishing tournaments scheduled for Lake Wappapello. The Ultimate Bass Fishing Challenge and the Chris Sifford Memorial Fishing Tournament, for both bass and crappie, are the events. The UBFC event will launch from Chaonia Landing. Starting time is safe light, with weigh-in at 3 p.m...
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Spring turkey harvest up after first week
(Outdoors ~ 04/26/12)
If you are curious about how Missouri's 2012 spring firearm's turkey season is going, there are some number comparisons available on the Missouri Department of Conservation's website. Simply click into either the 2011 or 2012 spring firearms turkey season harvest numbers located on the right side of your computer screen...
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Another mountain lion is confirmed
(Outdoors ~ 04/26/12)
By BILL GRAHAM Mo. Dept. of Conservation JAMESPORT, Mo. -- A mountain lion was photographed by a trail camera on April 2 in rural Grundy County in northwest Missouri. The Missouri Department of Conservation's Mountain Lion Response Team confirmed the sighting on April 23 by visiting the site where the photograph was taken...
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Winford Black
(Obituary ~ 04/26/12)
Winford Black BUNKER, Mo. -- Winford D. Black, 72, of Bunker, Mo., died Tuesday, April 24, 2012, at his residence. Mr. Black was born Feb. 25, 1940, at Bunker. He was a retired laborer for an upholstery company. He enjoyed working in his garden, working on cars and playing with his grandchildren...
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Three Rivers Buglers banquet is May 12
(Outdoors ~ 04/26/12)
By PAUL DAVIS Outdoors Editor The Three Rivers Buglers chapter of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation is gearing up for its 14th annual Big Game Banquet and Auction, which will be held at the Black River Coliseum in Poplar Bluff, Mo., on May 12. The evening will kick off with a social hour at 5 p.m., according to committee member Lenard Wagganer...
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Frazier back throwing after surgery
(High School Sports ~ 04/26/12)
With each meet this spring, Poplar Bluff junior Ali Frazier was throwing farther than she ever had in both the shot and discus. Now three weeks after having her appendix removed, Frazier looks to get back on track Friday at the Poplar Bluff Invitational...
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Della Wooten
(Obituary ~ 04/26/12)
Della Wooten DEXTER, Mo. -- Della Wooten, 68, of Essex, Mo., died Tuesday, April 24, 2012, at her residence. Mrs. Wooten was born on Nov. 2, 1943, at Wilson, Ark. She was a homemaker. On Dec. 31, 1959, she was married to Dale E. Wooten at Hayti, Mo. He survives of the home near Essex...
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Weather will again be factor in Ozark
(High School Sports ~ 04/26/12)
For once, rain may be a golfer's best friend at the 66th annual Ozark Invitational. An early spring with above-normal temperatures has made Westwood Hills Country Club a tougher challenge when the tournament starts Saturday. "I think it will play a little longer with more grass in the fairways," four-time champion Ben Godwin said. "From what I hear the greens are really fast."...
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Helen Baker
(Obituary ~ 04/26/12)
Helen Baker DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Helen Jane Baker, 88, of Doniphan, Mo., died Tuesday, April 24, 2012, at Ripley County Memorial Hospital in Doniphan. Funeral arrangements are pending with Edwards Funeral Home in Doniphan.
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Vane Lindsay
(Obituary ~ 04/26/12)
Vane Lindsay BERNIE, Mo. -- Vane Lamar Lindsay, 68, died Friday, April 20, 2012, at his home in Creston, Iowa, under hospice care, with his family at his side. Mr. Lindsay was born Jan. 3, 1944, in Poplar Bluff, Mo. He graduated from Bernie High School, and then graduated with a degree in sociology from Arkansas State University in Jonesboro; followed by the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis with an Associate Arts degree in Mortuary Science. ...
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Mineral Area signs Neelyville duo
(High School Sports ~ 04/26/12)
NEELYVILLE -- The Neelyville softball duo of Chelsei Dale and Jessica Crosby are fortunate enough to get to continue being teammates into their college careers. The two recently signed their letters of intent to play at Mineral Area College next season...
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Relay hopes to keep rewriting record book
(High School Sports ~ 04/26/12)
Now that they're the fastest 400-meter relay team in program history, Daisha Rice, Rachel Simon, Soley Webb and Saudia Hudgies want to get faster. The Poplar Bluff Lady Mules get another chance Friday at the Sam Giambelluca Track & Field Complex at Morrow Stadium when they host a meet...
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Pauline Cope
(Obituary ~ 04/26/12)
Pauline Cope Pauline Grace Cope, 84, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Wednesday, April 25, 2012, at The Cedargate care center in Poplar Bluff. Mrs. Cope was born Feb. 1, 1928, in Hancock County, Ill., the sixth of 12 children. She was of the Baptist faith and had retired after 20 years as a secretary at John J. Pershing VA Medical Center. After her retirement Mrs. Cope served as a volunteer at the hospital for another 20 years. She enjoyed her work as a volunteer, and crocheting afghans...
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Gloria
(Obituary ~ 04/26/12)
Gloria Brewington PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Gloria L. Brewington, 66, of Piedmont, Mo., died Tuesday, April 24, 2012, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Mrs. Brewington was born Nov. 12, 1945, at Poplar Bluff and had lived in Wayne County most of her life. She was a homemaker and attended the First Gospel Lighthouse Church in Piedmont...
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Roger Hickman
(Obituary ~ 04/26/12)
Roger Hickman LESTERVILLE, Mo. -- Roger Dean Hickman, 63, of Lesterville, Mo., died Monday, April 23, 2012, at Crockers Country Charm in Lesterville. Mr. Hickman was born Sept. 8, 1948, in Granite City, Ill. He was a member of Fellowship Baptist Church, the Patriot Guard, F Troop Motorcycle Club and the Eagles Club...
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Mary Capps
(Obituary ~ 04/26/12)
Mary Capps FISK, Mo. -- Mary L. Capps, 82, of Broseley, Mo., died Wednesday, April 24, 2012, at Westwood Hills Health & Rehabilitation Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Mrs. Capps was born Nov. 2, 1929, in Kennett, Mo. She had lived in the Broseley area all of her life and was a member of Elk General Baptist Church. She was a homemaker and enjoyed embroidering, quilting and doing word search puzzles...
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Fayetta Waters
(Obituary ~ 04/26/12)
Fayetta Waters Fayetta Sue Waters, 65, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Wednesday, April 25, 2012, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Waters was born Nov. 9, 1946, at Welda, Kan. Formerly of Cape Girardeau, Mo., she had lived in Poplar Bluff for 36 years. She was a Jehovah Witness and was a homemaker. She enjoyed reading her Bible and liked being around people...
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Robert
(Obituary ~ 04/26/12)
Robert Whittenburg ADVANCE, Mo. -- Robert "Bob" Whittenburg, 92, of Cape Girardeau, Mo., died Tuesday, April 24, 2012, at the Missouri Veteran's Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born March 21, 1920, at Zalma, Mo., to Lawrence Venit and Effie Ritchey Whittenburg...
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Jerry Woods
(Obituary ~ 04/26/12)
Jerry Woods PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Jerry David Woods, 61, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Sunday, April 22, 2012, at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Woods was born on Nov. 21, 1950 to the late George Rufus Woods and the late Margie Channel Woods in Caruthersville, Mo. He graduated from Caruthersville High School in 1969. On Jan. 2, 1994, he was baptized and joined Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church. He lived his adult life in Poplar Bluff...
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Van Buren citywide yard sale
(Community News ~ 04/26/12)
Van Buren citywide yard sale The Van Buren Chamber of Commerce is planning to host the annual Spring City-Wide Yard Sale from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 5.Booths will be set up at the courthouse square and throughout the City of Van Buren. In case of heavy rain, sale will be held the following weekend...
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PBHS '60 meets Monday
(Community News ~ 04/26/12)
PBHS 1960 meets Monday The PBHS Class of 1960 will meet for lunch at 11:30 a.m. Monday at The Branding Iron Restaurant. All classmates, spouses and friends are welcome to attend. Any questions, please call 686-2251
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Forsman graduates with honors
(Community News ~ 04/26/12)
Forsman will be honor graduate Chelsea Forsman, daughter of Josh and Sonja (McKinney) Forsman of Rossville, Tenn., will graduate magna cum laude from the University of Memphis Loewenburg School of Nursing at 3 p.m. Saturday, May 5, in the FedEx Forum. Forsman who will be awarded a bachelor's degree in nursing has accepted a position at Methodist Hospital in Barlett, Tenn...
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Cape Central edges Lady Mules on PKs
(High School Sports ~ 04/26/12)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Poplar Bluff and Cape Central went the distance in girls soccer Wednesday night but the Lady Mules came home unhappy. Breanna Anderson scored in the sixth round of penalty kicks as the Lady Tigers won 2-1. It was Poplar Bluff's first loss to Cape since 2008...
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Murphy's walk-off lifts Green Wave
(High School Sports ~ 04/26/12)
MALDEN -- Tanner Murphy hit a walk-off 3-run homer Wednesday afternoon as Malden came back from an early deficit to beat New Madrid County Central, 9-6. "He hit an absolute rocket," Malden coach Tim Harmon said. "It was a low liner that looked like just a few feet off the ground."...
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Accused of locking child in bedroom
(Local News ~ 04/26/12)
SEMO News Service BENTON, Mo. -- Scott County authorities say a Benton mother faces child endangerment and tampering charges after she allegedly locked her child in a bedroom at night by screwing a piece of plywood over the door. Brenda Daniels, 30, is charged with four counts of first-degree child endangerment and two counts of tampering with a victim. ...
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Troubled by Brannum editorial
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/26/12)
To the Editor: Re: Editorial entitled "Is Ordinance Aimed at Brannum?" dated Wednesday, April 18, 2012 I found your editorial of the 18th very troubling due to what I believe to be somewhat of an attack on Johnny Brannum's sense of duty, integrity and abilities...
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They can be checked Beware of climate facts
(Column ~ 04/26/12)
By MONA CHAREN In a better world, debates about science -- and nearly everything else -- would be conducted without resort to demagoguery, sentimentality, cynical manipulation, or hysteria. In the world we inhabit, those tactics are dismayingly routine. Still, the great weakness of overwrought predictions of doom is that they can be checked...
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Winford Black
(Obituary ~ 04/26/12)
Winford Black BUNKER, Mo. -- Winford D. Black, 72, of Bunker, Mo., died Tuesday, April 24, 2012, at his residence. Mr. Black was born Feb. 25, 1940, at Bunker. He was a retired laborer for an upholstery company. He enjoyed working in his garden, working on cars and playing with his grandchildren...
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Della Wooten
(Obituary ~ 04/26/12)
Della Wooten DEXTER, Mo. -- Della Wooten, 68, of Essex, Mo., died Tuesday, April 24, 2012, at her residence. Mrs. Wooten was born on Nov. 2, 1943, at Wilson, Ark. She was a homemaker. On Dec. 31, 1959, she was married to Dale E. Wooten at Hayti, Mo. He survives of the home near Essex...
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Pauline Cope
(Obituary ~ 04/26/12)
Pauline Cope Pauline Grace Cope, 84, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Wednesday, April 25, 2012, at The Cedargate care center in Poplar Bluff. Mrs. Cope was born Feb. 1, 1928, in Hancock County, Ill., the sixth of 12 children. She was of the Baptist faith and had retired after 20 years as a secretary at John J. Pershing VA Medical Center. After her retirement Mrs. Cope served as a volunteer at the hospital for another 20 years. She enjoyed her work as a volunteer, and crocheting afghans...
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Three Rivers Buglers banquet is May 12
(Outdoors ~ 04/26/12)
By PAUL DAVIS Outdoors Editor The Three Rivers Buglers chapter of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation is gearing up for its 14th annual Big Game Banquet and Auction, which will be held at the Black River Coliseum in Poplar Bluff, Mo., on May 12. The evening will kick off with a social hour at 5 p.m., according to committee member Lenard Wagganer...
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Roger Hickman
(Obituary ~ 04/26/12)
Roger Hickman LESTERVILLE, Mo. -- Roger Dean Hickman, 63, of Lesterville, Mo., died Monday, April 23, 2012, at Crockers Country Charm in Lesterville. Mr. Hickman was born Sept. 8, 1948, in Granite City, Ill. He was a member of Fellowship Baptist Church, the Patriot Guard, F Troop Motorcycle Club and the Eagles Club...
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Mary Capps
(Obituary ~ 04/26/12)
Mary Capps FISK, Mo. -- Mary L. Capps, 82, of Broseley, Mo., died Wednesday, April 24, 2012, at Westwood Hills Health & Rehabilitation Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Mrs. Capps was born Nov. 2, 1929, in Kennett, Mo. She had lived in the Broseley area all of her life and was a member of Elk General Baptist Church. She was a homemaker and enjoyed embroidering, quilting and doing word search puzzles...
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Gloria
(Obituary ~ 04/26/12)
Gloria Brewington PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Gloria L. Brewington, 66, of Piedmont, Mo., died Tuesday, April 24, 2012, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Mrs. Brewington was born Nov. 12, 1945, at Poplar Bluff and had lived in Wayne County most of her life. She was a homemaker and attended the First Gospel Lighthouse Church in Piedmont...
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Robert
(Obituary ~ 04/26/12)
Robert Whittenburg ADVANCE, Mo. -- Robert "Bob" Whittenburg, 92, of Cape Girardeau, Mo., died Tuesday, April 24, 2012, at the Missouri Veteran's Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born March 21, 1920, at Zalma, Mo., to Lawrence Venit and Effie Ritchey Whittenburg...
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Fayetta Waters
(Obituary ~ 04/26/12)
Fayetta Waters Fayetta Sue Waters, 65, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Wednesday, April 25, 2012, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Waters was born Nov. 9, 1946, at Welda, Kan. Formerly of Cape Girardeau, Mo., she had lived in Poplar Bluff for 36 years. She was a Jehovah Witness and was a homemaker. She enjoyed reading her Bible and liked being around people...
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Jerry Woods
(Obituary ~ 04/26/12)
Jerry Woods PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Jerry David Woods, 61, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Sunday, April 22, 2012, at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Woods was born on Nov. 21, 1950 to the late George Rufus Woods and the late Margie Channel Woods in Caruthersville, Mo. He graduated from Caruthersville High School in 1969. On Jan. 2, 1994, he was baptized and joined Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church. He lived his adult life in Poplar Bluff...
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PBHS '60 meets Monday
(Community News ~ 04/26/12)
PBHS 1960 meets Monday The PBHS Class of 1960 will meet for lunch at 11:30 a.m. Monday at The Branding Iron Restaurant. All classmates, spouses and friends are welcome to attend. Any questions, please call 686-2251
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Van Buren citywide yard sale
(Community News ~ 04/26/12)
Van Buren citywide yard sale The Van Buren Chamber of Commerce is planning to host the annual Spring City-Wide Yard Sale from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 5.Booths will be set up at the courthouse square and throughout the City of Van Buren. In case of heavy rain, sale will be held the following weekend...
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Forsman graduates with honors
(Community News ~ 04/26/12)
Forsman will be honor graduate Chelsea Forsman, daughter of Josh and Sonja (McKinney) Forsman of Rossville, Tenn., will graduate magna cum laude from the University of Memphis Loewenburg School of Nursing at 3 p.m. Saturday, May 5, in the FedEx Forum. Forsman who will be awarded a bachelor's degree in nursing has accepted a position at Methodist Hospital in Barlett, Tenn...
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Cape Central edges Lady Mules on PKs
(High School Sports ~ 04/26/12)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Poplar Bluff and Cape Central went the distance in girls soccer Wednesday night but the Lady Mules came home unhappy. Breanna Anderson scored in the sixth round of penalty kicks as the Lady Tigers won 2-1. It was Poplar Bluff's first loss to Cape since 2008...
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