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Health overhaul House GOP getting say on cancellations
(Local News ~ 11/16/13)
By DAVID ESPO AP Special Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) -- First, President Barack Obama had his say on reversing millions of insurance cancellations issued under the health care program known by his name. Now House Republicans are taking their turn...
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At next week's meeting R-1 expected to approve a long-term plan
(Local News ~ 11/16/13)
By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer The Poplar Bluff Board of Education is expected to officially adopt a long-range plan next week that will relocate the high school, create a 4-6 grade center and make improvements to every elementary school. Board members had a special meeting Thursday at Kay Porter Theater to review the plan for the public and community committee members who have been involved in the long range planning process. ...
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Wal-Mart NSSRqhood Market to locate here
(Local News ~ 11/16/13)
By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor A Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market is the second business planning to locate within the Eight Points Commercial Development in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Wal-Mart plans to build the 42,000-square foot grocery store at the northwest corner of Shelby and Oak Grove roads...
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Encouraging more Lee Harvey Oswalds
(Column ~ 11/16/13)
The 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy's murder is being marked, not primarily by retrospectives on his life and accomplishments, and not by reflections on the myth versus the reality of his presidency, but instead by one of the features of our media age that is poisonous to our cultural health -- a macabre focus on the details of his murder...
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Lake Road announces Students of the Month
(Community News ~ 11/16/13)
Lake Road Elementary announces its October Students of the Month for the 2013-2014 school year. First Grade: Matthew Holloman, a student in Ms. Pryor's class, has been chosen as the Lake Road Elementary first grade student of the month. Holloman is the son of Melissa and Adam Holloman. He says he loves his family very much and enjoys taking care of his baby sister, Alyssa. Holloman has three dogs in his family, and he loves spending time with and playing with Blacky, Sassy and Bear everyday...
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Loy Dollins
(Obituary ~ 11/16/13)
Loy Dollins Loy Oliver Dollins, 90, formerly of Wappapello, Mo., died Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013, at Sycamore Village in Swansea, Ill. Loy was born Oct. 22, 1923, in Neelyville, Mo., to Roscoe Edward and Stella Malville McKinley Dollins. On Sept. 19, 1942, he married Geneva I. McGraw in Poplar Bluff, Mo...
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Shoe box ministry is a big event for Second Bapt.
(Community News ~ 11/16/13)
By CAROLYN SMITH Staff Writer For nearly seven years, the foreign mission project of the Second Baptist Church, 503 W. Pine Street, Poplar Bluff, Mo has been part of the Shoebox ministry or "Operation Christmas Child," which is a project of Franklin Graham's Samaritan's Purse--an international relief program...
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Nancy Osher
(Obituary ~ 11/16/13)
Nancy Osher Nancy Kay Osher, 64, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013, at St. Louis University Hospital. Mrs. Osher was born Nov. 22, 1948, in Ft. Hood, Texas. She attended Central Texas College and graduated with a bachelor's degree from Sam Houston State University. ...
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Margie Parker
(Obituary ~ 11/16/13)
Margie Parker Margie Parker, 66, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013, at her residence. A private burial was held Thursday at Woodlawn Cemetery with Fowler-Sullivan Funeral Home in Poplar Bluff in charge of arrangements. Online condolences: www.fowlersullivanfuneralhome.com...
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David Hankins
(Obituary ~ 11/16/13)
David Hankins DEXTER, Mo. -- David Allen Hankins, 62, of Dexter died Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Sunday at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday in the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Lonny Mittag officiating. Burial will follow in the Chalk Bluff Cemetery in Dexter...
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The children are amazing
(Column ~ 11/16/13)
For many American children, the floor has become their closet. This drives me crazy. I walk into a room where an urchin resides, and there are clothes scattered everywhere. Believe me, I know the passive-aggressive tactics that kids use to torture their parents, but something else is going on here...
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County health trustees to meet Tuesday
(Community News ~ 11/16/13)
County health trustees to meet Tuesday The Butler County Health Department Board of Trustees will be meeting in regular session at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013, at the Butler County Health Department.
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Ellsinore man wins Cadillac in Mo. lottery
(Community News ~ 11/16/13)
An Ellsinore man will be driving around in style after his name was drawn as the grand-prize winner in the Missouri Lottery's third and final Cadillac® Riches promotional drawing. Ray Catlett's name was drawn to receive a brand new Cadillac® Escalade™ or its cash equivalent of $67,450...
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Does Washington know best?
(Column ~ 11/16/13)
According to some estimates, there are more than 100 million traffic signals in the U.S., but whatever the number, how many of us would like Washington, in the name of public health and safety, to be in sole charge of their operation? Congress or a committee it authorizes would determine the position of traffic signals at intersections, the length of time the lights stay red, yellow and green, and what hours of the day they can be flashing red...
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Margaret Collins
(Obituary ~ 11/16/13)
Margaret Collins NEELYVILLE, Mo. -- Margaret "Dot" Loretta Darnell Collins, 85, of Lancaster, Texas, passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013, due to natural causes. Margaret was born in Poplar Bluff, Mo., on July 15, 1928. She married Carl Collins on Nov. 14, 1946. They were married 28 years...
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Emergency training at college
(Community News ~ 11/16/13)
Emergency training at college Poplar Bluff Police Department, Butler County Fire Department, Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center, Air Evac Lifeteam and other first responders will participate Tuesday in a mass casualty training event held at Three Rivers College for students...
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Gladys Inman
(Obituary ~ 11/16/13)
Gladys Inman Gladys Louise Inman, 80, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Arrangements are pending with Cotrell Funeral Service in Poplar Bluff.
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