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Lois Pearl Allen
(Obituary ~ 11/06/11)
Lois Pearl Allen, daughter of the late William James Myricks and Alice Lois Rohrbach Myricks, was born on Feb. 11, 1938, in Bernie, Mo. and died on Nov. 3, 2011, at her residence in Heber Springs, Ark. at the age of 73. Mrs. Allen was a home-maker and a former resident of Bernie, and lived in Heber Springs, Ark. at the time of her death...
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Dan Lacy
(Obituary ~ 11/06/11)
Dan Lacy, son of the late Daniel M. and Daisy Irene Roper Lacy, was born in Circle City, Mo. on Sept.5, 1938, and died at his home in Sweet Springs, Mo. on Nov. 3, 2011, at the age of 73. He had lived in the Sweet Springs, Mo. area for many years. He had worked as an automobile mechanic for the state of Missouri...
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Corps' General in charge of breach assigned to D.C.
(Local News ~ 11/06/11)
SEMO News Service A change of command for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Mississippi Valley Division is coming next week. According to a corps news release, Maj. Gen. Michael J. Walsh will transfer command of the division to Maj. Gen. John W. Peabody on Thursday...
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Gov. to speak at Industrial Park Bypass groundbreaking Monday
(Local News ~ 11/06/11)
By DAVID SILVERBERG SEMO News Service POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. - Gov. Jay Nixon is scheduled to be the main speaker during the Poplar Bluff Industrial Park Bypass groundbreaking ceremony set for 2 p.m. Monday across Business 67 from Heartland Express. The Butler County Commission awarded a $3.6 million contract to R. L. Persons Construc-tion Inc. of Poplar Bluff, Mo., for the 2.1-mile bypass from the Union Pacific Railroad Cros-sing at the Industrial Park to the new signal light at Business 67 South...
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Operating through the camera's eye
(Local News ~ 11/06/11)
By NOREEN HYSLOP Managing Editor It is cutting edge surgery, quite literally, and it's taking place in our own backyard. It wasn't long ago - just weeks - that a patient in need of an appendectomy, a hysterectomy, or a colon resection, was facing a surgical procedure that involved a significant incision and a hospital stay of several days with a recovery period that might take 6-8 weeks. ...
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Making wishes come true
(Local News ~ 11/06/11)
By NOREEN HYSLOP Managing Editor It was always the dream of 18-year-old Austin Burns to someday visit the wilderness of Alaska - to stand where perhaps no man had stood - to be pulled across the frozen terrain by a dog team, just like the Iditarod sled racers...
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