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Malden police station project gets nod to proceed
(Local News ~ 11/09/05)
After nearly two years of discussion, decision-making and searching for funding, the new Malden Police Station came one step closer to becoming reality Monday night during a special called session of the Malden City Council. With five of the eight members in attendance (councilmembers Braid Kilgore, Debra Grant and Dianna Rogers being absent), the council heard William Green, architect, share the contents of a letter from USDA Rural Development in which it has approved, in essence, the plans for the project. ...
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SBC awards grant to regional planning agency
(Local News ~ 11/09/05)
Area officials are celebrating a $5,000 SBC Foundation Excelerator Grant to the Bootheel Regional Planning and Economic Development Commission. The grant will enhance economic development projects at the planning commission. The SBC Foundation gift, announced by Regional Director Marsha Haskell at the Malden Chamber of Commerce, will be used to upgrade computers and enhance existing mapping capabilities, processing documents from their partnering agencies online and locating points by Global Positioning for their economice development data base and Regional Transportation Plan. ...
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County library system joins effort to save state funding of MOREnet
(Local News ~ 11/09/05)
The nine library branches of the Dunklin County Library system will take part in a "grassroots" campaign urging state legislators not to cut funding of the MOREnet internet program in the 2007 state budget, JoNell Minton, executive director, announced...
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National Honor Society at Kennett High School inducts 22
(Local News ~ 11/09/05)
The Kennett High School National Honor Society held an induction ceremony Tuesday night, to welcome in its newest members. Parents, teachers, and other Kennett High School representatives attended the ceremony in support of the students who were being honored...
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Lena Reed
(Obituary ~ 11/09/05)
Lena Hix Reed, 69, of Fort Worth, Texas, formerly of Malden, Mo., died Monday, Nov. 7, 2005, at Forth Worth. Born June 16, 1936, in Malden, she was the daughter of the late Paul and Gracie Adkins Hix. Survivors include one son, Bruce W. Reed, of Phoenix, Ariz.; two daughters, Tamara Serna and Renee Reed, both of Forth Worth; four brothers, Bobby Hix and James Stanley, both of Malden, John Hix, of Lancaster, Texas and Paul E. ...
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Lawanda Rainwater
(Obituary ~ 11/09/05)
Lawanda Rainwater, 69, of Covington, Tenn., formerly of Campbell, Mo., died today, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2005, at Covington Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete with the Landess Funeral Home of Campbell.
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Martha Cook
(Obituary ~ 11/09/05)
Martha Cook, 81, of St. Charles, Mo., died Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2005, at Mt. Carmel Nursing Home in St. Charles. Visitation will begin at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10, at the Bradshaw Funeral Home in Malden. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 11, at the Bradshaw Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. James Hamlett officiating...
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James Cheesebrew
(Obituary ~ 11/09/05)
James Cheesebrew, 60, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2005, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete with the Landess Funeral Home of Campbell, Mo.
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Dean Carter
(Obituary ~ 11/09/05)
Paul Dean Carter, 66, of Kennett, died Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2005, at Jonesboro, Ark. Funeral arrangements are incomplete with the McDaniel Funeral Home of Kennett.
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White House schemers too clever by half
(Column ~ 11/09/05)
Fortunately, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby has a second career to fall back on. He'll need one. The recently indicted White House aide's first novel, "The Apprentice," was published in 1996. Set in Japan, it came billed as a creepy political thriller with exotic sexual overtones. Some reviewers found the sex creepier than the intrigue, but that's a matter of taste...
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Uncomfortable awareness
(Column ~ 11/09/05)
"History without tragedy does not exist, and knowledge is better and more wholesome than ignorance," said A. G. Adler, and he's right. Humanity progresses best when thoughtful people keep in mind that all races and all religions have shameful past behaviors in their history. ...
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Kennett Middle School holds annual assembly in honor of veterans
(Features ~ 11/09/05)
Kennett Middle School held its annual Veteran assembly on Tuesday in honor of Veteran's Day. Master Sergeant Phillip Greenway of the 1137th Military Police Company in Kennett, Staff Sergeant Jim Ingram of the 1140th Engineer Battalion in Sikeston, and retired Chief Warrant Officer Randy Morgan greeted the eighth grade students and spoke about their experiences in serving their country...
- Kennett Soccer Sting (High School Sports ~ 11/09/05)
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Indians take two from Tigers
(High School Sports ~ 11/09/05)
The Kennett Middle School Indians hosted the Caruthersville Tigers Tuesday night. The Indians sent the Tigers packing with two losses. The seventh grade Indians started things off, handily defeating the Tigers 62-40. The eighth grade Indians followed suit, winning by a final score of 47-34...
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