The Poplar Bluff High School Teenage Republicans, a student club that was reinstated this year by senior Ben Soeter, toured the state Capitol on Monday and Tuesday, March 16-17, visiting with an intensive line-up of government officials. Highlights of the Jefferson City trip, according to club president Soeter, included being welcomed during a Congress session by Sen. Doug Libla of Poplar Bluff and witnessing a spirited session on the House floor, which led to the eventual passage of HB 458 – anti-bullying legislation. “In government class, we talked about Missouri’s House and Senate, Supreme Court, et cetera,” Soeter said. “During the trip we actually got to witness everything we discussed.” Besides meeting the lieutenant governor, legislators, lobbyists, judges and other
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We moved to our farm in the spring of 2012. It was a welcome change of pace from living in the center of Poplar Bluff. Admittedly, the first summer I did miss being 5 minutes or less from grocery stores, pizza that was delivered and reliable high speed internet. However, the sheer amount of space, the great reduction in traffic, neighbors who didn’t come home at 3am and yell at each other outside my bedroom window, and just being in nature was way more important. I grew up in the country. My parents had a small farm with a few animals and I considered myself a farm kid. I soon discovered just because I grew up on a farm and
Mar 25,The Poplar Bluff High School Beta Club donated a collection of cat and dog food, treats, toys, pet shampoo and litter to the Poplar Bluff Animal Shelter on Wednesday, March 18. The community service project has been a tradition of the Beta Club for about five years, according to sponsor Gail Rosmarin, a high school social studies teacher.
Mar 24,As you can imagine, I don’t see much of my family this time of year outside of my wife and son, with all the traveling and working and whatnot. My mother and step-dad, Charlotte and Perry Jackson, are always generous hosts up in Jackson, MO, so we figured we should take a weekend and go visit. Completely unbeknownst to me, Perry planned a fishing trip for us over in the Land of Lincoln, and I thought it would be rude to refuse! Fishermen often ask me how to go to new lakes and be successful, and I always tell them the same thing, start by researching as much as you can. While Kinkaid is not a new lake to me,
Mar 24,About 50 supporters came out on Friday, March 20, to celebrate the groundbreaking for the Poplar Bluff Junior High School addition, which will include a FEMA safe room and nine new classrooms, among other renovations. Student ambassadors from Junior High and members of the Senior High Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps welcomed the guests. Chartwells School Dining Services provided refreshments. R-I Superintendent Chris Hon reflected on the levy measure that voters approved a year ago in order to combat space issues and improve the security of students. Earlier this month, contractor Zoellner Construction began site work on the project, which will also feature new restroom facilities, locker rooms and a road that encircles the campus. The safe room portion,
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