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Jimerson leads NMCC boys basketball team past top-ranked Sikeston
(High School Sports ~ 02/13/13)
Behind a deafening, raucous crowd on Senior Night at NMCC High School, the Eagles upset the top-ranked Class 4 Sikeston Bulldogs with a stunning 69-67 victory on Tuesday.
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A new name won't change a bad idea
(Editorial ~ 02/13/13)
The political left has this uncanny knack of renaming - rebranding is the current nom de jour - those issues they hold so dear. The latest salvo came this week during the committee debate on immigration reform. With great hubris, the Democrats warned Republicans against using the term "illegal aliens" during the hearing...
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These wrestlers don't ring true
(Column ~ 02/13/13)
When I was a young, I loved to watch professional wrestling. I even used a wrestling move to get out of being picked on by a bully. I hit her with a trash can. So when I was offered free tickets to watch professional wrestling live, I jumped at it. What could be more entertaining than a bunch of muscled-up guys in tights rolling around in a ring? Maybe I didn't think that through...
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Forest Denton
(Obituary ~ 02/13/13)
PUXICO -- Forest S. Denton, 68, formerly of Flora, Ill., died Feb. 10, 2013, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born April 12, 1944, in Flora, son of Bernice Evelyn Strange Denton and the late Hershell B. Denton, he had lived in Flora most of his life until moving to Puxico 12 years ago. He had worked as an electrician and plumber and was of the Pentecostal belief...
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Mary Simpkins
(Obituary ~ 02/13/13)
CHARLESTON -- Mary E. Simpkins, 78, died Feb. 12, 2013, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born Oct. 19, 1934, at Anniston, to the late Lindsey Garner Baker Sr. and Opha Mae Kennedy Baker, she had lived in Charleston most of her life and was employed in the bookkeeping department of Focus Bank for over 50 years. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Bertrand...
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Tim Lee
(Obituary ~ 02/13/13)
DEXTER -- Tim Lee, 48, died Feb. 10, 2013, at Poplar Bluff. Born July 21, 1964, in Cape Girardeau, to Freida Martin Lee of Dexter and the late Herbert Lee, he was a heavy equipment operator and a member of the Liberty Hill Church in Aid. On Oct. 12, 1985, in Dexter, he married Kandie Burnett who survives of the home...
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Josephine Haney
(Obituary ~ 02/13/13)
HOWARDVILLE -- Josephine Haney, 85, died Feb. 11, 2013, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born Aug. 8, 1927, in Salisbury, Tenn., daughter of Sam and Molly Hammer, she had lived in Missouri for over 60 years. She was a member of Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church in Marston where she was a member of the choir...
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Lavada Moore
(Obituary ~ 02/13/13)
ORAN -- Lavada Wave Moore, 69, of Oran, died Feb. 11, 2013, at her daughter's home. Born Nov. 26, 1943, in Shannon County, to the late Clarence Everett and Wilma Naomi Baker Smith, she was a homemaker and a member of the Bell City Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star. She earned her GED in 1983, qualifying for a scholarship...
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Jack Martin
(Obituary ~ 02/13/13)
CHAFFEE - John "Jack" Martin, 69, died Feb. 12, 2013, at Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee is in charge of arrangements which are incomplete.
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Betty Kestner
(Obituary ~ 02/13/13)
SIKESTON -- Betty Florence Kestner, 79, died at 8:07 p.m. Feb. 10, 2013, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. Born Aug. 15, 1933, in Tennessee, to the late Guy and Birdie Woods Sterling, she lived most of her life near Morehouse. She was a retired cashier from Piggly Wiggly in Sikeston and was of the Pentecostal belief...
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Ida Ruesler
(Obituary ~ 02/13/13)
JACKSON -- Ida Louise Ruesler, 98, died Feb. 10, 2013, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Born Sept. 5, 1914, in Friedheim, to the late Henry and Katherine Louise Klaus Pohlmann, she had been a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Friedheim and the St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson. She was also a member of the American Legion Auxiliary in Jackson and the Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary...
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Pete Oliver
(Obituary ~ 02/13/13)
SIKESTON - Elmer "Pete" Oliver, 86, died Feb. 12, 2013, at his home in Sikeston. Arrangements are incomplete and under the direction of Nunnelee Funeral Chapel.
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Polly Burns
(Obituary ~ 02/13/13)
DEXTER - Mary Elizabeth "Polly" Burns, 92, formerly of Sikeston, died Feb. 13, 2013, at her residence in Dexter. Ponder Funeral Home of Sikeston is in charge of arrangements which are incomplete.
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R-6 plan to improve achievement gap at SE Elementary on track
(Local News ~ 02/13/13)
SIKESTON -- Sikeston R-6 School District's plan to improve the student achievement gap at one of its elementary schools is on the right track, according to state officials. Chuck Mayes, R-6 chief academic officer/curriculum and professional development, provided an update on the district's Focus Accountability Plan for Southeast Elementary during Tuesday's regular monthly meeting at Central Office...
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Scott County prosecutor to be deployed
(Local News ~ 02/13/13)
BENTON -- Scott County's prosecuting attorney will leave for Afghanistan next month to serve in Operation Enduring Freedom. Paul R. Boyd, who has served as the county's prosecutor since 2003 and before that as an assistant prosecutor for the county since 1996, begins active duty in the U.S. Army on March 25...
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Late rally sparks SCC past Rams in OT
(High School Sports ~ 02/13/13)
SIKESTON -- Not much went right for Scott County Central in their first two-and-a-half quarters against visiting Scott City on Tuesday. After trailing by as many 15 points well into the third quarter, however, Scott Central turned things around and pulled out an exciting 60-56 overtime win...
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