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Winter thaw welcomes waterfowl
(High School Sports ~ 12/19/13)
Are you a person who's overrun with happiness? Has your constant cheerfulness and positive outlook on life alienated you from friends and family? Would you like to remedy this joyous, gleeful affliction? I have the cure... a mid-December trip to Walmart! All I needed was a few vegetables, milk, toothpaste, lightbulbs, and some more .50 caliber bullets and powder loads for my errant shooting muzzleloader. ...
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Spreading the spirit
(Local News ~ 12/19/13)
NOREEN HYSLOP photo Dexter High School is full of the Christmas spirit these days. Students have been treated to special holiday music before the start of the school day, there has been caroling in the halls and a Christmas Extravaganza Food fest for staff. Shown above is Jamal Johnson, a DHS senior who is a self-taught pianist and keyboard player. Johnson and friends entertained their fellow students earlier this week prior to the school day...
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Lake has 2 sites for Christmas tree dropoff
(Local News ~ 12/19/13)
WAPPAPELLO LAKE -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers offers a meaningful way to dispose of ols Christmas trees and provide fish and wildlife habitat at the same time. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Wappapello Lake will be accepting Christmas trees from December 26, 2013, through January 15, 2014, at Chaonia Landing and Redman Creek boat ramps. Each drop-off location will be marked with a sign...
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Dennis Allen Morse
(Obituary ~ 12/19/13)
Dennis Allen Morse of Jackson, Mo., died Dec. 17, 2013, at the age of 79. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and are being handled by the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter.
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Local fire department reviews 2013
(Local News ~ 12/19/13)
By NOREEN HYSLOP Managing Editor Dexter Fire Chief Don Seymore presented a review of the 2013 year at the department's annual banquet Tuesday night. The local fire department responded to a total of 189 calls during the year that is drawing to a close...
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Despite downsides, teachers still attracted to profession
(Local News ~ 12/19/13)
By Ruth Campbell SEMO News Service CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- When Southeast Missouri State University junior Mark Richter told friends and family he wanted to be a teacher, they expressed admiration but said he must be a little nuts, too. After all, according to the Pew Research Religion and Public Life Project, teachers rank second behind the military in the public's esteem. ...
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SCAD conducting "Home for the Holidays"
(Local News ~ 12/19/13)
On Dec. 24 and 25, the Stoddard County Ambulance District will be conducting their 28th annual "Home for the Holidays" project. They will be taking patients who are unable to travel except by ambulance from the nursing homes of Stoddard County to residences within the county. This service is available to any patient who is not ambulatory and would like to spend some time at home with their family this holiday season...
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Dexter business leader dies in Mexico
(Local News ~ 12/19/13)
By NOREEN HYSLOP Managing Editor A Dexter businessman has lost his life while vacationing in Mexico, it was confirmed Wednesday. Brent Cooper, Vice President of Sales with US Poly of Dexter, died in a cave diving accident on Tuesday, Dec. 10. He was 52 years old...
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Jerry Brent Cooper
(Obituary ~ 12/19/13)
Brent Cooper, son of Jerry Cooper and Charlotte Johnson Cooper of Bloomfield, Mo., was born on Aug. 1,1961, in Dexter, Mo., and died on Dec.10, 2013, in Mexico at the age of 52. Mr. Cooper was the Vice President of U.S. Poly Enterprises Inc., in Dexter and a resident of Bloomfield. ...
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