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POPLAR BLUFF - Councilman Degaris made a motion on Monday at the council meeting to transfer $4.4M from the City Cable sale fund to Municipal Utilities. Absheer seconded the motion. The discussion followed: We should wait for the five-year plan from our consultants This type of request should come from the advisory board up rather than council down Moving that amount of money on a whim is not wise Transferring this amount of money when the city is looking at $1.8M loss in our insurance fund and $1.2M loss at the coliseum is not wise. Transferring money at this point could even bankrupt the city Increasing the utilities reserves doesn't help guarantee we won't need a rate increase Several council

With Don Schrieber's and Donna Farley's daily tirade in black and white of the Daily American Republic and the nameless cowards printed in Speakout, I decided it was time to weigh in. First of all on Speakout: if you do not have the courage to put your name on it...then sit down and shut up. Don't be a coward on Speakout, send a letter to the editor and sign your name. Next I'd like to remind everyone that Doug Bagby deposited the funds from the City Cable sale into a "CITY" bank account. When Kaplan took over on August 18, the proceeds were sitting in a "CITY" bank account not a "Municipal Utility" bank account. It is clear that Bagby was not giving that money to

We are giving away a $25 gift card to WalMart or Simply Swirled or Applebees or Dexter BBQ - your pick. All you have to do is click the "LIKE" button and we'll contact you via Facebook if you are the winner when we draw on December 22. Come on...LIKE US! You know ya wanna.             https://www.facebook.com/www.semo.net

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It is with great admiration that we, the staff of SEMO TIMES, put forth this issue devoted to the Veterans of the United States of America. In June of 2007, Toni and I traveled to the Coronado Naval Base in San Diego for the retirement ceremony of family friend, Commodore Dennis Schulz. The ceremony was on the deck of the USS Midway. Toni sang the song we wrote, “Duty Calls,” and I sang the “Star Spangled Banner.” What an honor. What an awe-inspiring ceremony. After the ceremony, the first of several parties was held on the carrier lift (basically a huge elevator to bring the aircraft to/from the deck). I was listening to all the stories told of the men