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Emerson says, 'I'm not a lobbyist'
(Local News ~ 03/26/13)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Her eyes light up at an opportunity to explain her new daily routine. She sits up a little straighter. She leans forward slightly, but she is relaxed. Jo Ann Emerson points out that she is the first female CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, an organization she knew well as a member of Congress but now knows in a different way as she embarks on a new career...
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Co. Archives to add part-time employee
(Local News ~ 03/26/13)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- The Stoddard County Commission approved advertising to hire a part-time position for Stoddard County Archives. The position will be for someone to work 28 1/2 hours per week in the Archive office. The commission tabled action on setting the salary for the position until questions about what the county will be required to pay into a retirement fund for that employee...
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Creativity flows at Auntie M Project
(Local News ~ 03/26/13)
Local young artists painted their way to a $1,600 donation for the Stoddard County Relay for Life during a three-hour event on Saturday. The Annual Auntie M Project, held in memory of the late State Rep. Marilyn Williams, was held at the Bootheel Pediatric Therapy building. ...
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Twin Cinema goes all digital
(Local News ~ 03/26/13)
Pollack Cinemas of Memphis, Tenn., has completed installation of all new digital equipment at Dexter Twin Cinema. The first movies were presented in full digital format over the recent weekend. The new equipment features larger, brighter screens, USL 5.1 digital surround sound and new projection equipment capable of showing 3-D movies...
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Rachel Smith
(Obituary ~ 03/26/13)
Rachel Smith, daughter of the late William Jacob and Mary Anna Fortner Williamson, was born at Clines Island, Mo., on Aug. 4, 1918, and died at the Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter on March 23, 2013, at the age of 94. She had lived in Dexter since 1933. She was a member of the First General Baptist Church in Dexter. She loved to garden, crochet, and quilt...
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Arbutus Sheubrook
(Obituary ~ 03/26/13)
Arbutus Sheubrook, daughter of the late Roy C. Johnson and Jessie Davis Johnson, was born Jan. 19, 1937, at Olcott, W. Va., and died March 24, 2013, at her residence in Dexter, Mo., at the age of 76. Mrs. Sheubrook was a member of the First Church of the Nazarene and worked as a dietary service manager...
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