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Week-long Hemingway Creative Writers' Retreat to be held at Piggott, Ark.
(Local News ~ 06/17/07)
Ernest Hemingway wrote portions of "A Farewell to Arms" and several short stories in Piggott, Ark. between 1928 and 1938. Hearkening back to Hemingway's time in Piggott, the Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center (HPMEC) will hold the Hemingway Creative Writers' Retreat June 18-22...
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Police searching for man regarding first degree assault
(Local News ~ 06/17/07)
Kennett Police are searching for Leslie Andre Williams, 45, of Marston, Mo., who is wanted for questioning regarding a first degree assault reported to the police department on Thursday. According to a police report sent to the Daily Dunklin Democrat on Friday, June 15, Kennett police responded to a disturbance call at 1167 Riggs Street where they found two people identified as Dorothy Drake, 49, and her son, Maurice Daniels, 17...
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Kennett man victim of armed robbery
(Local News ~ 06/17/07)
A Kennett man was the victim of an armed robbery which occurred outside of his home on Wednesday. According to Major Steve Williams of the Kennett Police Department, at approximately 4:48 p.m., Wednesday, June 13, officers responded to a call from Mike Chism of 406 West Fifth Street in Kennett in reference to an armed robbery...
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ASU Museum offers Earthquake
(Local News ~ 06/17/07)
A new exhibit entitled Earthquake! will open at the Arkansas State University Museum in Jonesboro, Arkansas, on Thursday, June 21 from 1- 4 p.m. This grand opening is free and open to the public. The Earthquake! exhibit includes the history and science of the New Madrid Seismic Zone and provides hints on earthquake readiness...
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Tomlinson to take part in Father's Day special
(Local News ~ 06/17/07)
In commemoration and celebration of his own father and the Father's Day holiday in general, Country Music Artist and Kennett native Trent Tomlinson is taking part in the Oprah & Friends annual Father's Day special on XM Radio 156. According to Tomlinson's publicist at Lyric Street Records in Nashville, Tenn., the best-selling new male country artist for 2006 was invited to participate in the Oprah & Friends special for several reasons, one being that he penned a hit song based on the love and respect for his father Don Tomlinson of Kennett.. ...
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Just shut up and stay out of the way
(Column ~ 06/17/07)
My son, stepson actually, Adam Nichols has moved off to the big city, found a job (Hooray!) started a graduate degree program, bought a house and is about to find a wife. All of that didn't necessarily take place in the order I mentioned, but it has either happened or is going to happen...
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Government payments as part of farm bill legislation
(Column ~ 06/17/07)
The amount of money spent on food in the United States is about 9.5 percent. In 1992, it was about 11 percent. This is a success story that is often overlooked. We are one of the most efficient agricultural producing countries in the world. One of the reasons is that producers receive government payments or incentives to grow their crops and livestock. ...
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A good woman
(Column ~ 06/17/07)
A very wise man once said, "Charm can mislead and beauty soon fades. The woman to be admired and praised is the woman who lives in the fear of God" (Proverb 31, TMB). About that same woman it is said, "Her husband trusts her without reserve and never has reason to regret it . . . She senses the worth of her work, is in no hurry to call it quits for the day . . . She's quick to assist anyone in need, reaches out to help the poor" (Proverbs 31, TMB)...
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Kylie Nichole Walker
(Births ~ 06/17/07)
Kenny and Jennifer Walker of Cardwell, Mo., announce the birth of their daughter, Kylie Nichole Walker, born June 7, 2007, at the Women's Center at Northeast Arkansas Medical Center in Jonesboro, Ark. She weighed 8 pounds and 12 ounces. She is the granddaughter of Chuck and Darrelletta Walls, John and Marilyn Price and Willie and Agnus Walker...
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Constant
(Anniversary ~ 06/17/07)
Cletus and Frances Constant of Kennett recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. They were married June 13, 1957, and have six children, nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. The couple renewed their wedding vows on June 3, at Varner River Baptist Church in Kennett with the Rev. Harold Dunbar officiating, and with family and friends in attendance. A reception followed the ceremony...
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James - Pendergrass
(Wedding ~ 06/17/07)
Helen James and Ray Pendergrass were united in marriage on June 7, 2007, in Kennett by Rev. Spencer Furby. The couple reside in Kennett.
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Pool -- Luellen
(Engagement ~ 06/17/07)
Tara Beth Pool of Kennett and Eric Glenn Luellen of Wardell announce their engagement. The bride to be is the daughter of Donnie and Tammy Pool of Kennett and the granddaughter of Raymond Pool and the late Euvon Pool of Cape Girardeau, Mo., and Jane Hardesty and the late Thomas Hardesty of Kennett...
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Clifford Milton Powell
(Obituary ~ 06/17/07)
Clifford Milton Powell, 87, of Steele, Mo., died Monday, June 11, 2007. Born Feb. 5, 1920, in Clifton, Tenn., son of the late Jim and Ola Mae Sample Powell, he was a retired farmer and a member of the First Assembly of God Church in Steele. On June 24, 1939, in Steele, he married Edith Kathleen Richardson, who preceded him in death. ...
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Willie Lee Hall
(Obituary ~ 06/17/07)
Willie Lee Hall, 54, of Portageville, died Friday, June 15, 2007, at John Cochran VA Medical Center in St. Louis, Mo. Funeral arrangements are incomplete with the Bradshaw Funeral Home of Hayti.
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Addie Lee Boyce
(Obituary ~ 06/17/07)
Addie Lee Boyce, 90, of Malden, Mo., died Tuesday, June 12, 2007, at Golden Living Center in Malden. Born Oct. 28, 1916, in Olyphant, Ark., daughter of the late Fred D. and Dolly Mae Parks Jones, she was a member of the Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church in Malden...
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