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Mission employee enjoys her senior years
(Local News ~ 11/17/13)
Editor's Note: TBY, The Best Years, features articles depicting seniors in the area in key roles within the community. Below is the first of three appearing in the Sunday, Nov. 17 edition of TBY. By MIKE MCCOY Statesman Staff Writer Shirley Grubbs really likes her job pricing donated items at the Stoddard County Gospel Mission. She has been working at the Gospel Mission for 19 years, and has made a lot of friends, both with the other workers and the public...
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A century and counting...Ruby Hayes
(Local News ~ 11/17/13)
By NOREEN HYSLOP Managing Editor The start of World War I was nearly a year away and the U.S. was still six years away from allowing women to vote when Ruby Hayes entered the world. On Dec. 6, 2013, she'll reach the century mark. Ruby lives in Bloomfield in the same house she and her husband bought on Reed Street 55 years ago. Tole Hayes died 42 years ago. The two shared nine children -- the oldest of whom is now 79...
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Hart's search for family sparks lifelong hobby
(Local News ~ 11/17/13)
By COREY NOLES Statesman Staff Writer When M.A. Hart went to visit an older cousin in the late 1970s, he had no idea that visit would be the beginning of a passion for years to come. Hart attended high school in Dexter in the 1940s before enlisting in the US Air Force. He left the Air Force in Oct. 1952 and returned to Dexter, but couldn't make a living...
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Three Rivers to hold Career Expo in Dexter
(Local News ~ 11/17/13)
Three Rivers College will hold a Career Expo from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 21, at Three Rivers' Center at Dexter. The Expo will offer area residents the opportunity to talk with over 20 representatives of Three Rivers' career education programs about the benefits and career opportunities offered at Three Rivers...
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Rendleman pleads guilty to 2 counts; will still be tried for rape
(Local News ~ 11/17/13)
By COREY NOLES Statesman Staff Writer A Stoddard County man accused of a 2012 violent rape and abduction near Advance has pled guilty to a portion of the charges. Steven Clark Rendleman, 52, will face a three-day jury trial on Dec. 3-5, 2013. The case will be heard in a Franklin County courtroom before Judge Gael D. Wood...
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Bootheel gets over $150,000 from Delta Regional Authority to fund healthy workforce
(Local News ~ 11/17/13)
By Scott Welton SEMO News Service CHARLESTON, MO. - A healthy economy starts with the health of its workforce, according to the Delta Regional Authority. The award of a $158,345.30 Healthy Workforce Challenge grant from the DRA to six counties, including Stoddard County, in the Missouri Bootheel was announced Thursday at the Mississippi County Courthouse in Charleston...
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MHammer-Shipman wed
(Wedding ~ 11/17/13)
SUBMITTED photo Hammer - Shipman wed Alicia Louise Hammer and Brandon Ronnie Shipman were married on Saturday April 6, 2013, at the Blackstone Country Club in Peoria, Ariz. Ronnie Shipman, father of the groom, performed the double ring ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Jeff and Carol Gillam of Cave Creek, Ariz., and the late Kenneth Hammer. The groom is the son of Ronnie and Vickie Shipman of Malden, Mo., and the grandson of Lucille Shipman of Bernie, Mo...
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Merle (Smith) Taylor marks 99th Birthday
(Anniversary ~ 11/17/13)
SUBMITTED photo The children of Merle (Smith) Taylor, lifelong resident of Stoddard County and resident of the Essex community, invite all friends and family to celebrate their mother's 90th birthday on Sunday, Nov. 24. The celebration will take place from 2 until 4 p.m. at the Essex United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall in Essex. The family considers the presence of friends and family the only gifts required...
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Mary Ulen celebrates 99 years
(Anniversary ~ 11/17/13)
Mary Ulen wil be marking her 99th birthday on Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013. The Ulen family invites family and friends of their mother to help observe the special day at a reception in her honor. The reception will take place at Central Gardens in Dexter on Nov. 24 from 2 until 4 p.m. The presence of family and friends will serve as adequate gifts. A feature article on the life of Mary Ulen will appear in the Sunay, Nov. 24 edition of The Daily Statesman...
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