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Two from area among 6 hurt in wreck
(Local News ~ 10/11/11)
By NOREEN HYSLOP Managing Editor RIPLEY COUNTY, Mo. - A Sunday afternoon wreck in Ripley County sent six, including two Dexter residents, to a Poplar Bluff hospital. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, a 1994 Chevrolet, driven by 20-year-old Brittinee N. Spradling, of Dexter, was eastbound on US 160 at Route M three miles west of Fairdealing, when she struck another vehicle in the rear...
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Heritage House Assoc. sets sights on growth in coming year
(Local News ~ 10/11/11)
Staff Reports An Open House is planned for Sunday, Oct. 16 at the Dexter Heritage House for the public to learn more about the house and its history. The Open House is planned from 2-4 p.m. A brief history of Dexter's oldest home will be given, and guests may tour the historic landmark...
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Homecoming Royalty
(Local News ~ 10/11/11)
Jerry Jarrell photo More photos in Photo Galleries Homecoming royalty was named during football activities Friday night at the Charles Bland Stadiim. Named queen, at center, is Lauren Ward, daughter of David and Joy Ward. At left is First Alternate Jessica Snider, daughter of Jeff and Debbie Snider. At right is Second Alternate Erika Mouser. She is the daughter of Pam and Eric Mouser. A photo with the girls' escorts appears on page three of today's paper...
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Lots of love for Locks of Love
(Local News ~ 10/11/11)
Rayne Spurgeon, 4, had her first haircut at Hairworks in downtown Dexter late last week, and made the decision herself to donate her long locks to the charitable organization Locks of Love, which supplies human hair wigs to children who have lost their own hair due to illness. Rayne is the daughter of Jennifer Hampton...
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Georgia Henry
(Obituary ~ 10/11/11)
Georgia Duffey Henry died at the St. Francis Medical Center on Oct. 8, 2011, at the age of 90. She was born in Brownwood, Mo. to James W. Duffey and Minnie Belle Morris Duffey on Nov. 12, 1920. She is survived by her husband, Clarence Henry, to whom she was married in Piggott, Ark. ...
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Norma Jean Cooper King
(Obituary ~ 10/11/11)
Norma Jean Cooper King was born on Sept. 10, 1930, in Swinton, Mo., and died on Oct. 9, 2011, at the Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girar-deau, Mo. at the age of 81. Mrs. King was a member of the Faith Baptist Church in Morehouse, Mo. She was a super-...
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Gladys DeJournett
(Obituary ~ 10/11/11)
Gladys DeJournett, daughter of the late William Henry and Mattie Suzanne Scism Warren, was born in Ardeola, Mo. on Sept. 28, 1920, and died at her home near Advance, Mo. on Oct. 9, 2011, at the age of 91. Mrs. DeJournett had lived in the area all her life. She was a member of the Bell City General Baptist Church in Bell City, Mo...
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Betty Reece Meadows
(Obituary ~ 10/11/11)
Betty Reece Meadows, daughter of the late Victor J. Reece and Jeanette White Reece, was born on Jan. 22, 1933, at Townley and died at Missouri Southern Healthcare in Dexter on Oct. 9, 2011, at the age of 78. Mrs. Meadows was a former factory worker for Hawley Products at St. Charles, Ill., and a resident of Malden...
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Largest turnout ever at Fall Fest
(Local News ~ 10/11/11)
By NOREEN HYSLOP Managing Editor With temperatures in the low 80s and a light breeze, the weather was perfect. The smells of hot chili, barbecue chicken, and fresh fried pies, along with the sound of live music, filled the air Saturday in downtown Dexter. Vendors were in abundance, as were attendees for the 2011 Historic Downtown Dexter Association's Fall Fest...
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