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Three-peat!
(High School Sports ~ 10/19/11)
Bloomfield made it three straight SCAA varsity tournament titles Friday with a 2-1 win over Dexter in the championship match at Advance. Team members are (front row, from left) Robyn Chism, Lindsay Hutchison, Courtney Delay, Tiffany Case, (back frow) Kalie Whalen, Jessica Carlson, Kayla Burns, Chelsea Delay...
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SCAA's best
(High School Sports ~ 10/19/11)
Pictured above are the members of the 2011 SCAA All-Tournament volleyball team. They are (bottom row, from left) Allie Below (Advance), Liza Gray (Advance), Lindsay Hutchison (Bloomfield), Courtney Delay (Bloomfield), (back row) Josie Long (Woodland), Tori Lowery (Bernie), Hannah Noe (Dexter), Jessica Lindsey (Dexter) and Paige Mays (Bernie). Not pictured is Jasmine Johnson (Bell City)...
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Veterans Day event planned at Bloomfield
(Local News ~ 10/19/11)
The Missouri State Veterans Cemetery at Bloomfield will hold its annual Veterans Day Program on Nov. 11, 2011 at the committal shelter on the cemetery grounds, beginning at 1 p.m. Ross Gartman, president and founder of the non-profit Heroes Way Organization, will be the featured keynote speaker at this year's observance...
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Banken's departure marks end of era
(Local News ~ 10/19/11)
It was 1964 when then 29-year-old Al Banken began in a volunteer role with the Dexter Fire Department. The unit had two trucks and one station, and all firefighters were volunteers, including Les McMunn, the chief at that time. "It wasn't exactly the horse and buggy days," the now 77-year-old Banken says, recalling the early days of his career that spanned nearly half a century in Dexter's history. "But it was a far cry from the way we operate these days."...
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Third Annual D.A.R.E. Car Show set for Saturday
(Local News ~ 10/19/11)
The parking lot at Dexter's Aquatic Center will be covered this Saturday with street rods, restored classics, motorcycles and trucks as the local D.A.R.E. program, under the direction of Officer Lori O'Dell, hosts the Third Annual D.A.R.E. Rod and Custom Car Show...
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County seeking CDBG to help with flood repair
(Business ~ 10/19/11)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - Stoddard County is applying for a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) to assist county townships and road districts recover some of their costs for repairs after spring flooding damaged roads, ditches and drainage areas. The grant application is being written by the Bootheel Regional Planning and Economic Development Commission. The information was given during a meeting of the Stoddard County Commission on Monday...
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Health center schedules flu clinics
(Business ~ 10/19/11)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - The leaves are turning colors and the birds are slowly heading south and that can only mean one thing: flu season is coming soon. In an effort to get people inoculated to the flu virus as early as possible, the Stoddard County Public Heath Center has scheduled a number of outreach clinics throughout the county for residents...
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School approves $595,000 in lease certificates
(Business ~ 10/19/11)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - The Bloomfield School Board voted 5-0 Tuesday night to obtain $595,000 in lease certificates to finance the district's portion for the construction of a FEMA saferoom on the campus. The total cost of the project is estimated to be $1,667,603.75 with FEMA picking up $1,101,077.81 of the tab. The district contribution is estimated to be $566,525.94, though these are preliminary estimates by project engineers Toth and Associates of Springfield, Mo...
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Local woman knits sweaters for children of the world
(Business ~ 10/19/11)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - A local woman who has been knitting sweaters for children all around the globe is now reaching out for help. Hazel Williams, the recently retired city collector for more than 18 years, began knitting at eight years old as a young school girl in England...
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Advance R-IV Board receives good news
(Business ~ 10/19/11)
The Advance Board of Education meeting on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011 may have been short, but it was full of good news for the board members Harold Miles, Ronnie Martin, Ronnie McAtee, Danny Seger, and David Kennedy. Board secretary Linda Eggimann was absent, and Brad Moore had resigned...
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Mark Allen Smith
(Obituary ~ 10/19/11)
Mark Allen Smith, son of Mark Thomas Smith of St. Peters and the late Linda Blake Smith, was born on Sept. 29, 1990, in Blythe-ville, Ark., and died in his residence in Pevely on Oct. 15, 2011, at the age of 21. Mark attended the Lighthouse Christian Center at Dexter and was a resident of Pevely, formerly of Dexter...
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