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PADDLE BY DAY - GIG BY NIGHT VAN BUREN – Over 250 people are expected this weekend at The Landing in Van Buren to participate in the Lending a Hand Fundraiser to add funds to the area’s cancer support group. Della Bedell of The Landing said this event began in 2009 and seems to grow every year. The primary events of the weekend are “Paddle By Day” and “Gig By Night.” “We have more fun planned this year than we ever have,” said Bedell. Lending A Hand helps cancer patients and their families with many of the miscellaneous expenses that come with cancer treatment like hotel stays, fulfilling nutritional and cosmetic needs, and other needs not covered by insurance. The

POPLAR BLUFF - With a crowd estimated at over 3,000, area youth came together for the Fellowship of Christian Athlete's annual event, Fields of Faith.   Photos by Bill Clanahan [flickr_set id="72157647999332431" images_height="200"]

The Poplar Bluff City Council was forced into making a decision at Tuesday night’s council meeting on the issue of rezoning the property at the corner of Northwood Drive and Westmoore Drive. Jared Beaird, owner of the property had requested the rezoning to allow him to use the building as a dental practice. It was zoned residential, and the request was to rezone it as O-1, which would have allowed professional use of the property. Some on the Council had hoped to table the issue, allowing time for more study and more dialogue with both the property owners of the neighborhood and Beaird. But John Scott, attorney for property owner Darlene Hutchison, related to the council members that the residents

Our community needs your help. Please send an email to the Public Service Commission (PSC), pscinfo@psc.mo.gov, to help save 900 family sustaining jobs in Southeast Missouri. The PSC will soon decide whether to grant an affordable electric rate needed to preserve jobs at Noranda’s New Madrid smelter. The loss of jobs at Noranda would have a devastating impact on the entire region’s economy. Noranda annually contributes $300 million in economic impact to our region. The PSC has the opportunity to not only save these jobs, but to keep rates lower for all Ameren customers. Rates will go up even higher if Noranda is no longer on Ameren’s system. Help persuade the PSC to support Noranda and all electric rate payers:

POPLAR BLUFF – Area dignitaries and excited shoppers gathered Wednesday for the grand opening of the new Harp’s grocery store in Poplar Bluff. Harps Foods of Springdale, Ark., purchased the five-acre lot in the Cripple Creek Development and constructed a new 30,000 square foot grocery store, located between Shelby Road and the Kindergarten Center. About 80 employees have been hired at the new store. The store chain currently has about 74 stores in Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. Other Harp’s stores in the Southeast Missouri area include Doniphan, Dexter, Malden, and Kennett, with more stores planned for the future. Michael Lack, manager of the new store, said he and his staff are looking forward to serving Poplar Bluff. “We are very