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Wildy named Southeastern Farmer of Year for 2016
(Local News ~ 10/22/16)
David Wildy, a diversified row crop farmer from Manila, has been selected as the overall winner of the Swisher Sweets/Sunbelt Expo Southeastern Farmer of the Year award for 2016. Wildy was named as the overall winner at the Willie B. Withers Luncheon held during the opening day of the 2016 Sunbelt Ag Expo farm show. Wildy was chosen as Farmer of the Year over nine other state winners who were finalists for the award...
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1973 BHS team feeds police officers
(Local News ~ 10/22/16)
After a reunion in July, the Blytheville High School 1973 football team decided to do something special for the police officers who put their lives on the line every day. The following former players and their wives purchased gift certificates from The Front Porch Café, good for a free breakfast or lunch and presented them to the Blytheville Police Department and the Mississippi County Sheriff's Office: Mr. ...
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Throw the bums out and vote in my rascal
(Column ~ 10/22/16)
The earliest usage that I've been able to find for the phrase, "Throw the bums out" is from a 1926 edition of That Saturday Evening Post, but clearly the sentiment is timeless. I am happy to say that I now have renewed faith in the democratic process of American elections. ...
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Edna Jewel Donaldson
(Obituary ~ 10/22/16)
Ms. Edna Jewel Donaldson, 73, of Osceola passed away on Tuesday, September 27, 2016 in Jonesboro. Born on January 11, 1943 to the late Auvrey and Jewel Willie Ephlin, she was a homemaker and a member of the Caruthersville Church of Christ. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by four brothers, Johnny Ephlin, Jessie Ephlin, Jimmy Ephlin and Richard Ephlin and two sisters, Doyce Betz and Peggy Melton...
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Jimmy Darrell Peel
(Obituary ~ 10/22/16)
Mr. Jimmy Darrell Peel, 67, passed away on Thursday, October 20, 2016 at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro. He was born on September 4, 1949 in the Happy Corner Community near Leachville, to the late Adron and Lorene Loftin Peel. He retired in 2014 after 45 years as a heavy equipment operator for the Mississippi County Road Department and also enjoyed to go hunting and fishing. He was of the Christian Faith...
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