News Briefs
Bloomfield Area Nutrition Center for 3-24

The Bloomfield Area Nutrition Center will be serving meals on Wednesday, March 24 from 11:30-12:30 in the fellowship hall of the Bloomfield First General Baptist Church on Christian Drive.

The menu for this week consists of chili, peanut butter sandwich, peach half, crackers and dessert.

The cost for the meal is $3 for age 60 and older and $4.50 for those under 60 years of age.

The Bloomfield Public Transit will be available to transport people who are unable to travel on their own.

Advance Senior Citizen meal

The Advance Senior Community Center menu for Friday, Feb. 19, 2010: BBQ sandwiches, slaw, mac and cheese, baked beans, desserts, coffee, tea, and lemonade. Serving time is 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Cost is $3.00 for children and 55-and-over, and $5.00 for under 55. Door prize drawing is at 12. To order take-outs, call ahead at 722-3325. To rent the facility, call Chester Powers at 573-450-3043.

Bloomfield

R-14 Kindergarten Screening

The Bloomfield R-14 School District will be conducting Kindergarten Screening

for the 2010-2011 school year on Friday, April 9, 2010.

Students must be 5 years old by July 31, 2010 in order to enroll.

To make a screening appointment, please call the elementary office during school hours at 568-4562.

Events

Top News
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The Bloomfield Area Nutrition Center has announced that it is now selling sponsorships for meals. As the organization has grown and learned over the two months since it began serving meals several ideas have presented...
The Advance R-IV Board of Education met in regular session on Thursday, March 11, 2010 in the R-IV District Administration office beside the old gym on Highway C. Present were retiring superintendent Mike Redman; Elementary...
Stoddard County Sheriff Carl Hefner Carl Hefner reports that four individuals were arrested over the past weekend in the county for various drug offenses. According to a release from Hefner, Ryan C. Brown, 21, and Jared R....
An Advance man was killed Tuesday night when the vehicle he was driving ran off the right side of the roadway, struck a tree and overturned. Twenty-three-year-old Adam L. Propst was pronounced dead at the scene by Cape...
A Stoddard County nurse and her boyfriend are behind bars following an investigation into illegally obtained prescriptions. Dawn Coffee, 30 of Advance, is charged with the Class D felony of fraudulently attempting to obtain...
Elementary school students at Bloomfield Elementary in Bloomfield raised $4219.36 for Haiti, donating the funds to the American Red Cross for relief efforts in the earthquake stricken country. The students collected coin...
Advance residents and city leaders were pleased last week to see that work had finally begun on the new $1.4 million Cross Trails Medical/Dental Center in Advance. The section of ground in the middle of town has probably...
The Bloomfield School Board voted to take bids for the replacement of two 12.5 ton HVAC units at the Middle School and awarded a contract for termite eradication at the Elementary School at their regular meeting Monday...
While there was minimal major activity at the Monday night meeting of the Bloomfield Board of Aldermen, there was no shortage of small items on the list. Among the business taken up at the meeting were: The board heard from...
The sleepy town of Advance had a jolt of action Sunday, as 50 brightly-clad cyclists stopped over to take a break at a local watering hole. Cycling teams from St. Louis and Cape Girardeau were caught resting at Amerimart on...
Residents continue to file for the upcoming August primary election as filing will remin open until March 30. Several races continue to heat up as more candidates arise. Following is a complete list of offices and...
Summer Johnston has a passion for spelling, and this year her enthusiasm has paid off, as she has won an all-expense trip for two to Washington D.C. to compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee. A win at the national...
An announcement late Thursday filled a Stoddard County office that has been vacant since Jan. 1. Gov. Jay Nixon appointed James E. Hendley, of Bloomfield, as the new clerk for Stoddard County. The position of clerk became...
Filing opened yesterday for the August primary election and a number of races seem to be heating up right from the start. The race that looks to be getting the most attention is the race for the County Clerk seat left vacant...
Recent developments in Cape Girardeau have caused a ripple down into Stoddard County, as evidenced by continued interest in the fate awaiting that historic thoroughfare known as "Bloomfield Road." The old road dates back to...
When the Stoddard County Veteran's Honor Guard formed almost seven years ago, it was unknown just how much their services would be used in the coming years. This past Monday the group gave full military honors at its 500th...
A construction worker from Advance now has financial security after winning a multi-million dollar prize from the Missouri Lottery. Aaron Cantrell, 26, won the top prize on a "$200,000 A Year For Life" Scratchers ticket. ...
The Advance Board of Aldermen met in regular session on Monday, Feb. 15, 2010, Mayor Keith Kimmel presiding and all aldermen in attendance: Ward I, Randy Schrader and Bro. Wayne Page; Ward II, Ginger Hewitt and Leeman...
Coffeeshop Chat

Given the recent success of various new 3-D movies, what is your opinion of the new 3-D television sets being released?

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My new laptop with Windows 7 has a HD display. It's great.

-- Posted by Dexterite1 on Thu, Mar 18, 2010, at 7:55 AM
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Forecast
National Weather Service forecast for Dexter, Missouri:

Tonight
Rain Showers
Low: 45
Tomorrow
Rain Likely
High: 53
Low: 37
Monday
Slight Chance Rain
High: 52
Low: 42
Tuesday
Mostly Sunny
High: 65
Low: 46
Wednesday
Mostly Cloudy
High: 69
Low: 48
Thursday
Chance Rain Showers
High: 64
Low: 46
Friday
Chance Rain Showers
High: 61
Low: 44
Saturday
Mostly Cloudy
High: 64

Warnings
No watches or warnings currently in effect for the Dexter, Missouri, area

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Quakes
Most recently recorded earthquakes in the Central U.S. from the Center for Earthquake Research and Information (Times in Central):

Mag.WhenWhere
2.703/19 20:1129 mi S of Colome, SD
2.403/19 17:072 mi WNW of Lake Aluma, OK
2.003/19 05:305 mi SSE of Parma, MO
2.203/17 03:417 mi E of Hector, AR
2.503/16 16:468 mi E of Hector, AR
2.203/15 17:209 mi E of Hector, AR
2.103/14 09:468 mi E of Hector, AR
2.403/14 07:018 mi E of Hector, AR
1.503/13 19:152 mi WNW of New Madrid, MO
2.103/13 17:258 mi E of Hector, AR
2.003/13 13:569 mi E of Hector, AR
3.103/13 03:0214 mi ESE of Hinton, OK

AP video
BANC First Meal photos (01/21/10)
These photos were taken on Wednesday, Nov. 13 at the first meal ever served by the Bloomfield Area Nutrition Center.
BHS Veteran's Day ceremony (11/18/09)
The following photos were taken Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009 at the Bloomfield High School Veteran's Day celebration.
Advance Veteran's Day (11/18/09)
AP State News