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Dexter girls ranked No. 2 in Class 4 preseason state basketball rankings
(High School Sports ~ 11/29/13)
The Dexter Bearcats varsity girls basketball program received plenty of respect in the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association preseason state rankings released Nov. 27. Dexter, which finished 26-5 last season and placed fourth at the Class 4 final four, is ranked No. 2 in Missouri...
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Lawrence E. Chapin
(Obituary ~ 11/29/13)
Lawrence E. Chapin, son of the late Clayton and Ruth Gilbert Chapin, was born in Stanton, Mich., on March 9, 1915, and died at SoutheastHEALTH in Cape Girardeau, Mo., on Nov. 11, 2013, at the age of 98. He had lived in Kansas City before moving to Dudley in 2004. He had worked for a transport company hauling cars and was a veteran of the U. S. Navy...
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Freda Eaton
(Obituary ~ 11/29/13)
Freda Eaton, daughter of the late Luther Miller and Ida Gooch Miller was born on Oct. 19, 1930, in rural Essex and died on Nov., 23, 2013, at the Cypress Point Skilled Nursing Facility in Dexter at the age of 83. Mrs. Eaton was retired from the Paramount Hat Factory. She was of the Baptist faith and a resident of Dexter...
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Ronald G. Razer
(Obituary ~ 11/29/13)
Ronald G. Razer, 73, died at his home near Shook, Mo., Nov. 25, 2013. Arrangements are under the direction of Watkins and Sons Funeral Services of Dexter.
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Ruth V. Craft
(Obituary ~ 11/29/13)
Ruth V. Craft, daughter of the late John Horton and Anna Margaritte Kleffer Horton, was born in Bernie, Mo., on Nov. 24, 1917, and died at the Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo., on Nov. 26, 2013, at the age of 96. Mrs. Craft was a farmer's wife, worked at Brown Shoe Factory, worked at the Dime Store in Bernie, and was a homemaker. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Bernie...
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USDA awards more than $300K for Mo. projects
(State News ~ 11/29/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ Programs that help Missouri's wine producers and urban gardeners are among those sharing $300,000 in federal funding. State officials say the money comes from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Specialty Crop Block Grant Program...
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Poplar Bluff bank employee pleads guilty
(Local News ~ 11/29/13)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- A former First Midwest Bank employee recently pleaded guilty in federal court to embezzling nearly $400,000 from the institution. Leslie Ann Eastwood Kirby, who had been the bank's teller supervisor, pleaded guilty as charged Thursday to the felony of theft or embezzlement/misapplication by a bank officer before U.S. District Judge Stephen Limbaugh Jr., according to a clerk for the U.S. District Court...
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Record crowd comes to Salvation Army dinner
(Local News ~ 11/29/13)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Brynnleigh Jones is only 8. But according to her father, she's already an old hand at cooking for a crowd. Bill Jones said he and his daughter made between 16 and 20 gallons of chicken and dumplings for the Salvation Army's annual community Thanksgiving dinner...
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Local woman injured in Wednesday wreck
(Local News ~ 11/29/13)
A Dexter woman, Leatrice J. Larsen, 86, sustained minor injuries Wednesday afternoon on Rt. AD, just north of Dexter's city limits, when her vehicle crossed the centerline and struck a pickup truck pulling a farm implement. Michael E. Bell, 58, of Bloomfield, was the driver of the pickup and was uninjured. The northbound Larsen vehicle came to rest after crashing into the piece of farm machinery as the pickup was southbound. Larsen was taken by ambulance to SoutheastHEALTH Center for treatment...
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Central students D.A.R.E. to stay straight
(Local News ~ 11/29/13)
Fifth grade students at Central Elementary in Dexter crossed the stage Tuesday before being dismissed for the Thanksgiving holiday to receive their certification for having completed this year's Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program Dexter Officer Lori O'Dell, who has been the local D.A.R.E. instructor for the past seven years, presided over the annual graduation ceremony in the school gym with several dignitaries on stage to congratulate the grads as each was called forward...
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E-waste recycle day slated for Dec. 7
(Local News ~ 11/29/13)
The Bootheel Solid Waste Management District is sponsoring an e-waste recycling day on Saturday, Dec. 7, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Bootheel Regional Planning and Economic Development Commission (BRPC) office at 105 East North Main (the old Armory building). Stoddard County residents may drop off computers, video and photography equipment, audio equipment, appliances, office equipment and lead batteries during this event...
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Outdoor Column: Youth Deer Hunting
(High School Sports ~ 11/29/13)
"There is no more difficult weapon with which to kill a deer than an 8 year old boy." - Josh Gowan Yeah I know, I'm no Twain, but I believe he'd have liked that one. I suppose I'm closing the book on Missouri's 2013 rifle season, without my boy getting a deer, and man is it tough. We still have a hunt in Kentucky after Christmas, and Missouri's January two-day late season, so there is still hope...
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