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MDC issues fire ban for all conservation areas
(Local News ~ 06/29/12)
Threat of fire is "critical"
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Mark Twain Forest restricts open fires
(Local News ~ 06/29/12)
ROLLA, Mo. -- Mark Twain National Forest is restricting open fires due to heightened fire danger, drought conditions and continued hot, dry weather forecast for the next few weeks. Mark Twain National Forest Acting Forest Supervisor Teresa Chase said no open fires are permitted except within campfire rings or pedestal grills located in developed recreation areas such as campgrounds and picnic areas...
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Bring it on!
(Local News ~ 06/29/12)
For Man Vs Fish fans, the ultimate contest took place Thursday afternoon at Dexter's own Fiddler's Restaurant. Randy Santel, billed as a world class professional bodybuilder and "food eater," took on the challenge of consuming 20 fish fillets, baked beans, slaw, potato wedges, and eight hushpuppies in less than one hour. ...
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Big loser finds success, regains health
(Local News ~ 06/29/12)
Approaching 53 years old and weighing in at 304 pounds, Tim Ward knew he was in trouble. In January 2012, his wife, Kendra, came across an article about the local Regional Healthcare Foundation's Fitness Challenge. "Kendra was concerned about my health, and we were in agreement that if I was to be around for my children, I needed to get into shape," he says, looking back this week at the start of a phenomenal weight loss program that spanned nearly five months...
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A job well done
(Editorial ~ 06/29/12)
By NOREEN HYSLOP If ever there was a test of an emergency situation in Stoddard County, it was Tuesday. Several emergency responders came together for a common cause when brush fires swept an 11-mile area from north of Dexter along a path on Highway 25 south to Bernie...
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Paul A. Dees
(Obituary ~ 06/29/12)
Paul A. Dees, son of the late Rev. Phillip Arthur and Josie Gertrude Myers Dees, was born in Perkins, Mo. on July 6, 1937, and died at the Heritage Gardens of Senath Nursing Home in Senath, Mo. on June 27, 2012, at the age of 74. He had lived all his life in Dexter, Mo. He was a member of the Gospel Assembly of God Church and the Bloomfield Masonic Lodge...
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