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Calvin McRoy
(Obituary ~ 08/03/12)
Calvin McRoy, son of the late Harvey Jackson and Martha Jennings McRoy, was born on Feb. 25, 1925, in Bloomfield and died at the Golden Living Center in Bloomfield on Aug. 1, 2012, at the age of 87. Calvin had lived in Bloomfield all of his life. He attended the General Baptist Church and was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving during WWII in Germany. He had been a truck driver with Cassens Transport...
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Free physicals offered Thursday for school age athletes
(Local News ~ 08/03/12)
Missouri Southern Healthcare offered free physicals to county students Thursday at Dexter High School. Dr. Chad White listens to the heartbeat of Delaney Mayo, a seventh grader at Bloomfield Middle School. Free t-shirts were given to each student. Missouri Southern Healthcare offers this free service each year prior to the start of school...
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Missouri voters to decide on prayer measure
(Local News ~ 08/03/12)
By CHRIS BLANK Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri voters will be faced with a question of religious freedom Tuesday, as a proposed state constitutional amendment would specifically permit prayer in public and allow students to avoid assignments that violate their religious beliefs...
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Examining health needs in Stoddard County
(Local News ~ 08/03/12)
By NOREEN HYSLOP Managing Editor BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- In a rare public showing of partnering, St. Francis Medical Center and Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau came together Thursday with a group of about two dozen county officials and healthcare-related personnel at the Stoddard County Public Health Center for a common cause -- to examine health-related needs in the county...
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Two in each political party vie for House seat
(Local News ~ 08/03/12)
By MIKE McCOY Statesman Staff Writer Redistricting of State House of Representatives districts in 2012, and the lack of an incumbent, drew four candidates to file for House District 151, which represents all of Stoddard County. Bob Thrower of Dexter and Dennis Fowler of Advance both filed as Republicans. ...
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Dexter Hospital to get future new tenant
(Local News ~ 08/03/12)
From staff reports The Dexter Community Regional Healthcare Foundation announced today that it has entered into a long-term lease with SoutheastHEALTH in Cape Girardeau, Mo., to assume operation of the Dexter hospital as lessee. The agreement will be effective on April 1, 2019, at the termination of the current lease term with Dexter Hospital, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SunLink Health Systems headquartered in Atlanta, Ga. ...
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Dexter Band Camps set
(Local News ~ 08/03/12)
A Middle School Marching Band Camp for all seventh and eighth grade band students in Dexter will be held on Monday, Aug. 6, 2012, from 1-4 p.m. Students should meet in the T.S. Hill Middle School band room. A High School Marching Band Camp will take place Monday, Aug. 6 through Aug. 10. On Monday, Aug. 6, freshmen and drum majors only will meet from 8:30 until 11:30 a.m. On Tuesday through Friday, all high school band members will meet from 8:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. and again from 1 until 4 p.m...
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Delmer R. Underwood
(Obituary ~ 08/03/12)
Delmer R. Underwood, son of the late Roy and Josie Quick Underwood, was born on June 16, 1925, in Bloom-field, Mo. and died at the Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girar-deau, Mo. on Aug. 2, 2012, at the age of 87. Delmer had lived in Bloomfield all of his life and was a former mayor. ...
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