SEMO TIMES is proud to announce that one of our editors, Toni Becker, has been named to an Educational Standards Workshop. The following is a press release from House Speaker Tim Jones' office: House Speaker Tim Jones Names Missouri Citizens to Educational Standards Workgroups JEFFERSON CITY – House Speaker Tim Jones today announced his selections to the new Missouri Educational Standards workgroups that were formed with the passage of HB 1490. Jones selected 16 parents and 11 education professionals to participate in the discussions the eight workgroups will have to determine new educational benchmarks for Missouri students. HB 1490 was passed by the Missouri General Assembly during the 2014 regular session to reject the federal Common Core standards and begin a process
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Last year, the 7th Grade basketball team from Greenville faced three undefeated teams and finished with a perfect season. This year, the team started their season with a 4-team tournament in South Iron. After beating Bunker 56-8 on Tuesday, the team faced South Iron on Friday night. The struggle was apparent with scoring minimal, but the Bears took a 2-point lead with less than a 30-seconds to go. The Panther's final shot was in the air less than a second because Bears center Destin Deering swatted the ball away from the goal and the game was over. Bears won 26-24 and maintained their undefeated status.
Sep 20,Former Poplar Bluff football coach Mike Dormady and his wife, Lisa, moved their family from Poplar Bluff to north Dallas-Ft Worth in 2006 when their oldest son Quinten was in 4th grade. Coach Dormady moved up the ranks of coaching positions in the historically-tough Texas football circles. Four years ago he moved again, this time to North San Antonio when he became the head football coach at Boerne High School (pronounced "Bernie"). Quinten is now a senior and the team's leader as he quaterbacks the Hounds toward a state championship. In June, Quinten Dormady committed to the Tennessee Vols football program. At the time, BleacherReport.com reported: With one Tennessee-themed tweet Monday, Texas high school quarterback Quinten Dormady sent a sigh of relief
Sep 20,Scott Faughn – SEMO TIMES I don’t remember where I was on 9/11, but I do remember the first Cardinals game played after the attack. I was home listening to Jack Buck read his poem and crying my eyes out. Toni and Brian Becker – SEMO TIMES It was just another Tuesday morning until it was anything but and the whole world changed. Brian was getting ready for work and I was watching the news on our bedroom TV, with our little 7-month-old and 3-year-old playing around in the room. I was confused by the image of the flaming tower with the jagged-shaped hole in it as I tried to disseminate the stuttering TV anchor’s equally confused reporting. The
Sep 11,The Butler County Republican Party met at the Poplar Bluff Chamber of Commerce to nominate a replacement candidate for the upcoming November election for County Collector. The office was vacated earlier this month when County Collector Brenda Fox passed away. In a very cordial yet extremely professional meeting, Chairman Eddy Justice and Secretary Joe Leahy laid out the ground rules for the evening's nominations and voting. With 22 of the 24 Butler County Delegates present, Justice informed the room that 12 votes was necessary to carry the nomination. Tammy Marler, Larry Kimbrow, Emily Parks and Jerrica Fox were nominated by the delegates. Once the nominations were closed each candidate was given up to 3 minutes to stump for the party's
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