If you are anything like me, you go about your business in life not having the slightest notion, from personal experience, what all is involved in ensuring that no armed threat from beyond our borders prevents you from doing just that: going about your business. Sometimes we may unwittingly fail to see our own inexorable link to the U.S. soldier in the field in a time of war. We may fail to see our connection to that soldier's effort; to that person's ability to perform at peak readiness; to that person's ability to remain clear, with greater ease, on why he or she might have traveled so far from home for such life-threatening hardship, with so little tangible reward.
- Sep 20,
There's a powerful Texas wind sweeping the land, and it's leaving a trail of pure, unadulterated joy in its wake. Next stop: Poplar Bluff, Missouri! Now's the time to grab your tickets to a star-studded night of contemporary Christian musical praise here in the Bluff. On Friday, September 28 from 7:30 pm, the Dove Award-winning, Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum powerhouse MercyMe will be rocking the Black River Coliseum, along with special guests Shane & Shane and Monk & Neagle. Come experience MercyMe right where you live---hear the band whose rock-and-pop-infused sound is searing through boundaries, spreading a message of hope beyond the traditional frontiers of Christian radio.
Sep 14,The next time someone gripes to you over coffee that "there's nothing to doooooo" in Poplar Bluff, grasp the misguided soul by the scruff of the neck and head straight down to Fay's Place. Fay Brown is the proprietor of the most unique art space in Poplar Bluff, located at 2299 N. Main in a spacious structure that once housed a carpet store. Fay's Place is an extensive "artistic gallery" and a workspace for local and regional artists. It's a place for instruction in a broad range of arts, including jewelry making, stained-glass construction, ceramics, beading, and painting. Also, Fay's offers ready-made frames, and a custom-framing service equipped to handle everything from simple prints to tapestries, from hand-crocheted items to
Sep 12,Poker Tournament Southern Missouri Outlaws 1st Annual Fund Raising Dinner/Poker Tournement $50 Dinner After Dinner Entertainment/Free Texas Holdem Poker $1000 For First Place Prize money donated by Kearby's Construction October 27, 2007 Located at Perkin's Restaurant in the basement. Dinner starts at 6pm. Poker tournament starts at 7pm. Doors open at 5:30pm. Buy back in for 1 1/2 hours only. Tickets sold at door for $65. Pre-sold tickets sold at Spencer's Drive In, and by the Outlaw's Baseball Moms. For more information call Wayne Kearbey at 573.429.0020 or email kearbeyshootfish@semo.net
Aug 01,Public four-year colleges in Missouri could lose some state aid if their tuition increases exceed the rate of inflation under legislation being considered by state lawmakers.Southeast Missouri State University president Dr. Ken Dobbins hopes lawmakers will revise the measure so it doesn't penalize schools such as Southeast that have relatively low student fees. Dobbins testified before the Senate Education Committee on Wednesday. Read Story Via SeMissourian
Feb 02,