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Blytheville Police reports -- 12-15-11
(Local News ~ 12/16/11)
Recent reports from the Blytheville Police Department:
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Ezell N. Wilson
(Obituary ~ 12/16/11)
Mr. Ezell Wilson, 82, of Hot Springs, formerly of Blytheville, died Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011.
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Ralph E. Jacks
(Obituary ~ 12/16/11)
Mr. Ralph E. Jacks, 79, of Jonesboro, died Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011, at his home.
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Holiday spirit
(Business ~ 12/16/11)
Faith Evans and Ethan Petersen give their versions of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" while making humorous hand signals Wednesday during Blytheville Kindergarten Center's annual stop to the Blytheville Kiwanis Club to sing about Christmas and wish the members a very happy New Year. The 24 BKC students and their adult chaperones sang five Christmas songs to the Kiwanians before boarding the bus to return to the elementary school...
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Dan DiMicco named to Manufacturing Hall of Fame
(Local News ~ 12/16/11)
Nucor Corporation Chairman and CEO Dan DiMicco has been named to IndustryWeek magazine's Manufacturing Hall of Fame.
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Vets may soon be able to issue animal licenses
(Local News ~ 12/16/11)
The Blytheville City Council's Animal Control committee gave the green light for a proposed ordinance that allows local veterinarians to issue pet licenses Thursday afternoon.
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Ignite distribution set for Monday
(Local News ~ 12/16/11)
Ignite will distribute food and toys to pre-registered clients from 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday at the Blytheville Schools service center
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Revised city handbook finally clears committee
(Local News ~ 12/16/11)
After several months of discussion, including four meetings this month alone, the Blytheville City Council's Personnel Committee gave its blessing on the proposed city of Blytheville handbook.
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Snagging granddaughters in St. Louis works
(Column ~ 12/16/11)
If the whole idea is to transport granddaughters Alexandra and Leah-Bo from Columbia, Mo., to Blytheville with no need to spend any time in Columbia, My Dear Sweet Sainted Wife (mostly) and I have stumbled on the maneuver of meeting one of their parents in St. Louis and just swapping the girls from one car to the other.
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"Jynx"
(Entertainment ~ 12/16/11)
This week's Pet of the Week at the Blytheville Humane Society is "Jynx," a small adult Wirehaired Terrier. Junx loves to ride in the car and is leash-trained. He is well-mannered and loves attention. He is up-to-date with routine shots. For more information, call the Humane Society at 870-838-5512 or send email to humanesocietyofblytheville@hotmail.com.
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200 years since massive quakes
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/16/11)
Friday, Dec. 16, 2011, marked the 200th anniversary of the beginning of the greatest geological events ever to occur in recorded North American History. In the two o'clock hour of the moonless morning of Dec. 16, 1811, the great hardwood forests and rich bottom lands of what would someday become Blytheville, Ark., began to shake violently ... the first and largest volley of a seven week series of events known as the New Madrid Earthquakes of 1811/12...
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Lillian Rodgers Rushing
(Obituary ~ 12/16/11)
Mrs. Lillian Rogers Rushing, 64, of Millington, Tenn., died Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011.
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