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Pilgrimage's challenges makes former resident realize she can accomplish anything
(Local News ~ 08/09/12)
By JOHN WILLEY Staff Writer For Jeannette Boylin of Cape Girardeau, Mo., making a pilgrimage across Spain was a trip of a lifetime. Imagine hiking about 800 kilometers (about 500 miles) across southern France and northern Spain on a monthlong holy pilgrimage...
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Gene Watson to perform Saturday at Rodgers Theatre
(Local News ~ 08/09/12)
By SARABETH WALLER Staff Writer An artist with more than 20 Top Ten country hits will grace the Rodgers Theatre stage for the first time at 7 p.m. Saturday. In the early 1970s, Gene Watson was a self-described "car man," working at a body shop in Texas by day and singing country music at night and on the weekends when a few fellow musicians asked if he would like to go to Nashville, Tenn., to record some songs...
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A Golden state train wreck
(Column ~ 08/09/12)
By GEORGE F. WILL PALO ALTO, Calif. -- State Sen. Joe Simitian's district office near Stanford's campus is nestled among shops sporting excruciatingly cute names ("A Street Bike Named Desire," "Mom's the Word" maternity wear) intended to make the progressive gentry comfortable with upscale consumption by presenting it as whimsical. ...
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Obama's haters spin unbelievable web
(Column ~ 08/09/12)
By REG HENRY Pittsburgh Post-Gazette When you write a newspaper column that some people don't agree with, they send you mass-circulated emails of unknown provenance to show you the error of your ways. These emails are usually ridiculous. But how kind of these readers, just the same. They feel the need to make sure that the political message of the zealot community is understood, lest it be thought that good sense has any part of it...
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History of Hornersville Home of famous Wicker's BBQ Sauce/late "little" people
(Column ~ 08/09/12)
1845-1895 South of Senath on Horse Island and Buffalo Island to the county line there were some of the finest farms in the county; still there was much unimproved land and fine timber there, especially in the vicinity of Cardwell. From Kennett south to Cotton Plant on Grand Prairie and past...
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Now's the time to focus on squirrel hunting
(Outdoors ~ 08/09/12)
By JOHN PRATT Mo. Dept. of Conservation August is a start of fall hunting season for me each fall. Usually, the first week of August is prime time for finding squirrels cutting hickory nuts. The hot weather has kept me from going into the woods; however I decided to give hunting a try earlier this week...
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Dove regulations changing on some public areas
(Outdoors ~ 08/09/12)
By CANDICE DAVIS Mo. Dept. of Conservation CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Opening day of dove season is Sept. 1, and southeast Missouri has some great areas for dove hunting, according to Missouri Department of Conservation Wildlife Management Biologist Matt Bowyer. Bowyer said hunters will see regulation changes at a few of these top hunting locations...
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Dougherty, Talley win Angler's Choice event
(Outdoors ~ 08/09/12)
I am reluctant to say, "I give up," but for some of the bass circuits, those are my feelings. Julie Stuever finally made contact for the Angler's Choice tournament in July, but I've had no such luck with the Ultimate Bass Fishing Challenge. The last update on their website is for their June tournament...
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Start looking for fall apples
(Features ~ 08/09/12)
When I think of September, I always think about cooler weather, my sister's birthday, mums, football games, the Women Aware conference, and those delicious new fall apples. Did you know that there are some 7,000 varieties grown in the United States? Only about 20 of these varieties are really popular. You should be able to find these apples at local markets and roadside stands within a few weeks...
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Delilah Thomas
(Obituary ~ 08/09/12)
Delilah Thomas JONESBORO, Ark. -- Delilah E. Thomas, 50, of Jonesboro, Ark., died Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, in Jonesboro. She was born April 22, 1962, in New Madrid, Mo., and formerly lived in Piggott, Ark. Surviving are her parents, Lola Brandon of Piggott, Ark., and Oliver Thomas of Parsons, Tenn.; her children, A.J. ...
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Ira Abbott
(Obituary ~ 08/09/12)
Ira Abbott DEXTER, Mo. -- Ira Mae Abbott, 88, of Dexter, Mo., died Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, at Cypress Point Skilled Nursing in Dexter. Mrs. Abbott was born on April 10, 1924, in Ellsinore, Mo. She was a member of the Bible Tabernacle in Bloomfield, Mo. She had worked as an assembly line worker at Pontiac Motors in Michigan and was the owner of an ice cream company...
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A Golden state train wreck
(Column ~ 08/09/12)
By GEORGE F. WILL PALO ALTO, Calif. -- State Sen. Joe Simitian's district office near Stanford's campus is nestled among shops sporting excruciatingly cute names ("A Street Bike Named Desire," "Mom's the Word" maternity wear) intended to make the progressive gentry comfortable with upscale consumption by presenting it as whimsical. ...
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History of Hornersville Home of famous Wicker's BBQ Sauce/late "little" people
(Column ~ 08/09/12)
1845-1895 South of Senath on Horse Island and Buffalo Island to the county line there were some of the finest farms in the county; still there was much unimproved land and fine timber there, especially in the vicinity of Cardwell. From Kennett south to Cotton Plant on Grand Prairie and past...
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Now's the time to focus on squirrel hunting
(Outdoors ~ 08/09/12)
By JOHN PRATT Mo. Dept. of Conservation August is a start of fall hunting season for me each fall. Usually, the first week of August is prime time for finding squirrels cutting hickory nuts. The hot weather has kept me from going into the woods; however I decided to give hunting a try earlier this week...
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Dougherty, Talley win Angler's Choice event
(Outdoors ~ 08/09/12)
I am reluctant to say, "I give up," but for some of the bass circuits, those are my feelings. Julie Stuever finally made contact for the Angler's Choice tournament in July, but I've had no such luck with the Ultimate Bass Fishing Challenge. The last update on their website is for their June tournament...
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Start looking for fall apples
(Features ~ 08/09/12)
When I think of September, I always think about cooler weather, my sister's birthday, mums, football games, the Women Aware conference, and those delicious new fall apples. Did you know that there are some 7,000 varieties grown in the United States? Only about 20 of these varieties are really popular. You should be able to find these apples at local markets and roadside stands within a few weeks...
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Dove regulations changing on some public areas
(Outdoors ~ 08/09/12)
By CANDICE DAVIS Mo. Dept. of Conservation CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Opening day of dove season is Sept. 1, and southeast Missouri has some great areas for dove hunting, according to Missouri Department of Conservation Wildlife Management Biologist Matt Bowyer. Bowyer said hunters will see regulation changes at a few of these top hunting locations...
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