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Bonnie Blue: Loving all creatures great and small
(Local News ~ 03/05/19)
“When I was 3 years old, Grandpa Blue gave me my first dog,” recounts Bonnie Blue of Bloomfield. “His name was Adlai — in honor of Adlai Stevenson. I have been a dog-lover ever since.” Blue shares her comfortable home with a brood of six dogs and three cats. While the group varies in size and temperament, they all share a common thread — each one has a history; a story of how he or she came to be a part of the “Blue Bunch.”...
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Citizens ask aldrmen to consider UTV’s in Dexter
(Local News ~ 03/05/19)
DEXTER — The Dexter Board of Aldermen heard a request Monday night from a group of individuals asking the city to consider allowing utility-task vehicles to operate inside the city limits. Speaking on behalf of the group of about 12 was Shelly McClintock...
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Stop signs approved for new Valley’s Addition subdivision
(Local News ~ 03/05/19)
DEXTER — Stop signs will soon be erected in the Valley’s Addition Subdivision near Boon Park after a vote Monday night by the Dexter Board of Aldermen. The subdivision, Dexter City Administrator Mark Stidham said, is finished and several homes already have been built...
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Commission awards mobile generator bid
(Local News ~ 03/05/19)
Stoddard County Commissioners awarded a mobile generator bid to Clifford Power Systems of Independence, Mo., during Monday morning’s meeting. Clifford Power submitted the lowest of three bids for a mobile generator at $48,940, including shipping. The county will receive an 80kw Generac mobile generator with a two-year warranty or 2,000 hours. The warranty also includes unlimited hours covered during the first year...
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Puxico board looks at new fire station
(Local News ~ 03/05/19)
The Puxico Board of Aldermen viewed a drawing of a proposed new fire station for the city at the February meeting. The meeting opened with a prayer led by Alderman Gary Burns and the Pledge of Allegiance led by Mayor Rick McLean. Puxico Fire Chief Eugene Goodale said the fire station is in the planning stages. ...
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John Steinmann Jr.
(Obituary ~ 03/05/19)
John Steinmann Jr. was born on January 29, 1939 in Keokuk, Iowa to the late John F. Steinmann Sr. and Lavinnea Adaline Willis Steinmann and departed this life on March 3, 2019 at the Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter at the age of 80. Mr. Steinmann grew up in Kahoka, Mo. ...
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Rev. Lester Clayton
(Obituary ~ 03/05/19)
Rev. Lester Clayton, son of the late Norman Woodruff and Opal McElrath Woodruff was born on May 25, 1938 in Newport, Arkansas and departed this life on February 26, 2019 at his residence in Dexter, Missouri at the age of 80 years. Funeral services were conducted in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel on March 1, 2019 at 2 p.m. with Rev. Ron Williams and Rev. Joe Payne officiating...
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Lee Roy Barker
(Obituary ~ 03/05/19)
Lee Roy Barker, son of the late Pearl Barker was born on June 5, 1933 in Bloomfield, Missouri and departed this life on February 26, 2019 at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri at the age of 85 years. Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel on Saturday, March 2, 2019 with Rev. Tim Russell officiating. Interment will be in the Dexter Cemetery...
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William Roy Absher
(Obituary ~ 03/05/19)
William Roy Absher, son of the late Roy Marteen and Vernace P. Tweedy Marteen was born on December 2, 1943 in St. Louis, Missouri and departed this life on March 1, 2019 at his residence in Dexter, Missouri at the age of 75 years. Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in charge of all arrangements...
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Norman Leon Snider
(Obituary ~ 03/05/19)
Norman Snider, son of the late Carl Snider and Lerlene Jackson Snider was born on March 22, 1941 in Frisco, Missouri and departed this life in the Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri on March 1, 2019 at the age of 77. Funeral services were conducted on Tuesday March 5, 2019 at 10 a.m. in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel in Dexter with Rev. Alice Fowler officiating. Interment was at the Dexter Cemetery. Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home of Dexter in charge of all arrangements...
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Dorthy Moore
(Obituary ~ 03/05/19)
Dorthy Moore, was born in Ozan, Ark. on October 3, 1938, and passed away at the Miner Nursing Center in Miner, Mo. on February 28, 2019, at the age of 80 years, 4 months and 25 days. Graveside services were held on Wednesday March 6, 2019, at 1 p.m. in the Macedonia Cemetery in Malden, with the Watkins & Sons Funeral Home in Dexter, Missouri with Rev. Ronnie Webb of Poplar Bluff, Missouri officiating...
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