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Mae Hall Park Day set in Essex
(Local News ~ 08/05/12)
ESSEX, Mo. - The Essex-GrayRidge Lions Club will host the annual Mae Hall Park Day in Essex next Saturday, Aug. 11. The event will begin at 9 a.m. at Mae Hall Park and will run through 3 p.m. Pageants will commence at 10 a.m.. There will be singing on the grounds at 12:30 p.m. and food available all day...
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Heat, drought, contributing to death of Mo. elk
(Local News ~ 08/05/12)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Department of Conservation is awaiting additional laboratory test results to help determine the causes of recent elk deaths, including six cow elk. One yearling bull elk was also recently found dead along with three calves, two of which were born to cow elk that died. All deaths occurred in mid-to-late July and involved elk relocated earlier this year from Kentucky to Missouri's elk restoration zone in Carter, Shannon and Reynolds counties...
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New commander in place at Kenady-Hanks Post 59
(Local News ~ 08/05/12)
A new commander was installed at the Thursday night meeting of Kenady-Hanks Post 59 in Dexter, following the recent and untimely death of the late Jerry Seabaugh who had been elected to head up the local unit. Third from right is the new Commander, Darryl LaPierre, long-time member of the local American Legion unit. ...
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Thrower takes national title in Orlando, Fla.
(Local News ~ 08/05/12)
From staff reports A dream came true in Orlando, Fla. on Saturday, July 21 for a Dexter teen. Fourteen-year-old Lauren Thrower, daughter of Bob Thrower and Lori Hawkins of Dexter, was crowned 2012 National Junior Teen at the Princess America Pageant's week-long event...
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5 seek Position 1 Commission seat
(Local News ~ 08/05/12)
By MIKE McCOY Statesman Staff Writer Five candidates will be on the November general election ballot for Stoddard County Commissioner in the first district. Two of the candidates, Kenneth Carney and Dale Moreland, are running as Democrats, while Steve Jordan and Danny Talkington are running as Republicans. ...
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State primary races heat up going into final weekend
(Local News ~ 08/05/12)
From staff reports With the state primary races coming up on Tuesday, political hopefuls are out in full force this weekend trying to gather last minute votes and make sure they've covered their territory. Voters are going to have a lot on their plate when they go to the polls on Tuesday...
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Bagby-Sweeney engaged
(Engagement ~ 08/05/12)
SUBMITTED photo Bagby-Sweeney engaged Jerry M. (Mike) and Cathy Bagby are pleased to announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Britney M. Bagby, to Adam L. Sweeney, son of William E. (Bill) and Melinda Sweeney. Britney is a graduate student at Drury University in Springfield, Mo., and will graduate Aug.19, 2012, with a Master's degree in Business Administration. ...
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Jarrell-Miller engaged
(Engagement ~ 08/05/12)
Jerry Lee and Vicky M. Jarrell of Dexter and Thomas Edwin and July Ann Miller of Cape Girardeau, are pleased to announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their children, Molly Marie Jarrell, originally of Dexter now residing in Cape Girardeau, and Justin Thomas Miller of Cape Girardeau...
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Fraziers celebrate 50th anniversary
(Anniversary ~ 08/05/12)
SUBMITTED photo Fraziers celebrate 50th anniversary Celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary Aug. 11, 2012 are Tom and Rita Frazier of Dexter. The couple was married Aug. 11, 1962, in Freetown, Ind. They moved to Dexter with Arvin Industries in 1975. After several steps along the way, Tom retired as the Site Manager at Arvin in 2005. Rita spent 31 years as a cook in the Dexter School system before retiring in 2007...
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Sikeston rodeo mixes riders and chart toppers
(Local News ~ 08/05/12)
By JAMES SAMONS SEMO News Service SIKESTON, Mo. - The 60th annual Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo begins next week, and features nationally ranked rodeo riders along with country music chart toppers. The rodeo runs from Wednesday to Aug. 11, and is filled with a variety of activities including a parade, the Cowboy Up! Arts Festival, meet and greet with the rodeo clowns, live music, crafts, food concessions, pony rides, a petting zoo and special exhibits from the Bootheel Children's Museum and Southeast Explorer Mobile Museum.. ...
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From Russia with love
(Local News ~ 08/05/12)
By COREY NOLES Statesman Staff Writer Editor's note: A story chronicling the international adoption process for Brock and Ashley Williams ran on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2011. This is the conclusion of their story. BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - When Brock and Ashley Williams stepped into a Russian courtroom on Jan. 12, 2011, they thought they were going to complete their adoption of a young boy named Roman. That's the moment when their journey, dating back to 2009, began to take a strange and painful twist...
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