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Her favorite things
(Column ~ 11/17/16)
As a shy teenager, Barbara Ann Kipfer began keeping a list of her favorite things. Adding to her list became second nature. She added to it while riding in a car, eating lunch, and even during the middle of the night. After twenty years and many notebooks later, her list was published as a book titled 14,000 Things To Be Happy About. Reading just a portion of her book reveals that all around us are things to be thankful for. Perhaps you could write your own book. Let us be a thankful people...
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Firearms Deer Season opening weekend harvest totals exceed 96,000+
(Outdoors ~ 11/17/16)
Top harvest counties for opening weekend were Franklin, Howell, and Texas.
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Portageville High School Veterans Day Assembly
(Local News ~ 11/17/16)
The Portageville High School Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Club held their annual Veterans Day recognition last Friday. The event was held in the high school gymnasium. FBLA club President Bryce Lowman opened the assembly in prayer followed by the singing of the National Anthem by Bailey Torrey. Next, the Pledge of Allegiance led by FBLA vice-president Ryan Priggel...
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Former NMCC standout Willie Jimerson commits to Southern University
(High School Sports ~ 11/17/16)
Former New Madrid County Central basketball standout Willie Jimerson committed to Southern University Wednesday after playing five games during his sophomore season at State Fair Community College. Southern, located in Baton Rouge, La., is a Division I program that competes in the Southwestern Athletic Conference. The Jaguars have made nine NCAA Tournament appearances with its latest being last year...
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Aria Elise Lenand-Whitaker
(Births ~ 11/17/16)
Cassie Maelyn Lenand and Calvin Eugene Whitaker of Gideon are excited to announce the birth of their first child, a girl, Aria Elise Lenand-Whitaker. Aria was born Friday, November 4, 2016 at 4:18 in the afternoon at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She weighed 7 pounds, 13 ounces and was 20 inches long...
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Hunter shot when rifle accidentally discharges
(Local News ~ 11/17/16)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- A Poplar Bluff, Mo., deer hunter was treated at a local hospital Tuesday night after his gun accidentally discharged, striking him in the foot. Butler County Deputy Ben Chamblin was sent to Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center, where he contacted Adam Wade Thrower, who was being treated for a wound between two of his toes on his right foot...
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Work to begin
(Local News ~ 11/17/16)
Work is poised to begin at the former Village Green property along Main Street which was recently purchased by Mayson Capital Partners.
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Jerry Tillman
(Obituary ~ 11/17/16)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Jerry Francis Tillman, 76, died Nov. 1, 2016. Born March 23, 1940 in Lilbourn, Mo., to the late Howard H. Tillman and Lydia Crockett Tillman, he retired as chief pilot for Humana. Surviving are his wife, Ruth Elaine Hinton Tillman; two daughters and sons-in-law, Beth and Jim Parr and Andrea and Paul Sinkhorn; one brother, Howard Crockett Tillman of Missouri; one sister, Mary Ann Bateman Buczek of Ohio; two granddaughters and one great-grandson...
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Students solve Middle School mystery
(11/17/16)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- The third annual "CMS Mystery Night" for grades 6-8 was Oct. 25 at Charleston Middle School. Nearly 200 participants, including 88 CMS students, helped solve "The Case of the Poison Pen," according to Charleston R-1 parent liaison B.J. Babb who organized the Title I Parent Involvement event...
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Charleston Middle School recognizes students for first quarter academic work
(11/17/16)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Charleston Middle School has announced the honor roll for the first quarter of the 2016-2017 school year. A Honor roll students are: Sixth grade Danisha Jackson, Bennett Logan, Lane Morrow, Noah Neumeyer, Brian Simmons, and Samyiah Wheeler...
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Three Sikeston school board seats expire in April
(11/17/16)
By Leonna Heuring leonnah@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- Positions held by three Sikeston R-6 board members will be up for re-election in the new year, with filing for candidacy beginning next month. During its regular monthly meeting Nov. 8, the Sikeston R-6 Board of Education accepted the resolution for the election of board members during the April 4, 2017 municipal election...
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Hearnes Elementary School hosts a fall school carnival
(11/17/16)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- "Hearnes Pumpkin Carnival Reading Night" for preK through fifth grades was Oct. 27 at Hearnes Elementary School. Over 250 people attended, making this one of the best attended events the school has hosted according to Charleston R-1 parent liaison B.J. Babb who organized the Title I Parent Involvement event...
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