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Second candidate files for House District 151
(Local News ~ 03/06/12)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- A second candidate filed for Missouri House District 151 last Friday, and is the only new candidate to file since opening day. Dennis Fowler (R) of Advance filed for the position. Bob Thrower (R) of Dexter filed for the position on opening day. Incumbent Billy Pat Wright has filed for Senate District 25...
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Commission awards contract for HVAC maintenance
(Local News ~ 03/06/12)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- The Stoddard County Commission awarded a contract to Langford Mechanical and Sheet Metal, Inc. of Jackson, Mo., for maintenance and service of the HVAC and ventilation systems in the Justice Center and Government Building at an annual cost of $10,617.50. The contract calls for four visits per year. The county recently spent nearly $300,000 for mold...
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Remembering Our Fallen
(Local News ~ 03/06/12)
One-hundred thirty-seven men and women from Missouri who paid the ultimate sacrifice serving their country since the war on terror began on Sept. 11, 2001, were honored in downtown Dexter Saturday. The ceremony, organized by the city's tourism director, Angie Williamson, marked the official welcome of the traveling exhibit, Remembering Our Fallen, to the Dexter Welcome Center housed in the renovated railroad depot. The exhibit will be on display for public viewing through Thursday, March 8...
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MCA ends Dexter's playoff dreams
(High School Sports ~ 03/06/12)
FARMINGTON, Mo. -- If defense wins championships, Miller Career Academy is well on its way to the girls Class 4 MSHSAA title. The Lady Phoenix put on a man-to-man defensive clinic against Dexter and bounced the Lady Bearcats from playoffs with a 51-34 quarterfinal win Saturday at the Farmington Civic Center...
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Mary Burdine Pearcy
(Obituary ~ 03/06/12)
Mary Burdine Pearcy was born July 24, 1943, and died Feb. 18, 2012, at her residence in Phoenix, Ariz., at the age of 68. Mary was the daughter of Alma Fulkerson Lewis and the late Clyde Burdine. She was married to Harold DeArman on Dec. 21, 1962. He preceded her in death in 1974. She was later married to Rudy Pearcy...
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Pat Thomason
(Obituary ~ 03/06/12)
Pat Thomason, daughter of the late John Harvey Thomason and Flossie Evans Thomason, was born on June 1, 1936, in Leachville, Ark., and died at the Golden Living Center in Dexter, Mo., on March 4, 2012, at the age of 75. Survivors include two brothers, DeWayne Thomason of Daytona Beach, Fla., and Bobby Thomason of Elk Ridge, Md.; and one sister, Faye Peacock, of Dexter, Mo...
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Oscar Vernon Ayers, Jr.
(Obituary ~ 03/06/12)
Oscar Vernon Ayers, Jr., son of the late Oscar Vernon, Sr., and Dessie Jane Godwin Ayers, was born in Sikeston, Mo., on Aug. 3, 1934, and died at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo., on March 3, 2012, at the age of 77. He had lived in Sikeston before moving to Dexter 40 years ago...
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