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Retirements, resignations, hiring fill special session agendas
(Local News ~ 02/13/13)
The Dexter Board of Education has met in special sessions twice in recent weeks for the purpose of accepting resignations and retirement notifications, and most recently to fill some of those positions that have become available. Dr. Roger Alsup, who has been employed in the local district for more than 22 years, submitted his letter of resignation effective Feb. ...
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Bernie Schools choose Food Service Program
(Local News ~ 02/13/13)
After several months of consideration, members of Bernie Schools' Board of Education elected this week to hire Oopah! Food Management Service to operate the breakfast and lunch program beginning March 1. The district, under the direction of Supt. Doug Ruck, began researching the idea of hiring an outside source for cafeteria services in the fall of 2012, once it became evident that keeping up with the newly imposed nutrition guidelines was going to be burdensome on the cafeteria staff. ...
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Ugly third quarter spells defeat for 'Cats
(High School Sports ~ 02/13/13)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- A promising first half quickly turned ugly for Dexter as the Poplar Bluff Mules routed the Bearcats, 68-37, on The Hansbrough Court Tuesday night at Poplar Bluff. Dexter just trailed by three points after the first quarter (18-15), and it was still a single digit lead for the Mules late into the second before a 6-0 run in the final 90 seconds of the frame sent Poplar Bluff into half-time up, 34-22...
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Forest S. Denton
(Obituary ~ 02/13/13)
Forest S. Denton, son of Bernice Evelyn Strange Denton and the late Hershell B. Denton, was born in Flora, Ill., on April 12, 1944, and passed away at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo., on Feb. 10, 2013, at the age of 68. He had lived in and around Flora most of his life until moving to Puxico 12 years ago. He had worked as an electrician and plumber and was of the Pentecostal faith...
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Tim Lee
(Obituary ~ 02/13/13)
Tim Lee, son of Freida Martin Lee of Dexter, Mo., and the late Herbert Lee, was born on July 21, 1964, in Cape Girardeau, Mo., and died on Feb. 10, 2013, in Poplar Bluff, Mo., at the age of 48. Tim was a member of Liberty Hill Church in Aid, Mo., a heavy equipment operator and a resident of Dexter...
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