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Notre Dame spoils senior night for Dexter
(High School Sports ~ 10/18/11)
Dexter's Lady Bearcats volleyball team ended the regular season on a sour note Monday as the team celebrated Senior Night at the Bearcat Event Center. Dexter got an up-close and personal look at one of the favorites for next weeks Class 3, District 1 tournament as Notre Dame Regional High School swaggered into the BEC and routed the Lady Bearcats, 25-12, 25-11...
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JV football action
(High School Sports ~ 10/18/11)
Dexter junior varsity quarterback D. J. Dowdy tries to split two Sikeston defenders during action under the lights Monday night at Charles Bland Stadium. Dexter dropped a 44-14 decision to the Bulldogs and also lost an earlier freshman contest to the visitors...
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Aldermen approve liquor license measure, pass zoning change
(Local News ~ 10/18/11)
On Monday night, the Dexter Board of Aldermen revisited a tabled ordinance from the last meeting that raises the number of allowed liquor licenses in Dexter from 10 to 15. The ordinance came about following a package and Sunday sales application from Gary's Quick Shop in Dexter. The store has been open for years, but recently gained an interest in selling alcohol. Under the prior ordinance, no license was available...
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County seeking CDBG to help with flood repair costs
(Local News ~ 10/18/11)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - Stoddard County is applying for a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) to assist county townships and road districts in recovering some of their costs for repairs after spring flooding damaged roads, ditches and drainage areas. The grant application is being written by the Bootheel Regional Planning and Economic Development Commission. The information was given during a meeting of the Stoddard County Commission on Monday...
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An institution stepping down
(Local News ~ 10/18/11)
After 48 years, Dexter Fire Chief Al Banken is hanging up his firefighting gear. The surprise announcement came from Banken at last night's Board of Aldermen meeting. He will remain at the helm of the local department until January 2012. A complete story on the history of Banken's career, spanning nearly half a century, will appear in Wednesday's edition of The Daily Statesman. Shown congratulating Banken following last night's Aldermen meeting is, at right, Mayor Joe Weber...
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Eula Latham Brown
(Obituary ~ 10/18/11)
Eula Latham Brown died at Missouri Baptist Hospital in St. Louis, Mo., after a brief illness, at the age of 91. She spent her childhood years in Bernie, Mo. She was the second child of the six children of Dora (Grayum) Latham and James Arthur Latham. ...
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