Dexter Police Department Releases Results of Click It or Ticket Enforcement
Motorists Reminded to Buckle Up and Arrive Alive

Dexter, Missouri - The Dexter Police Department participated in the national Click It or Ticket mobilization conducted May 22 – June 4. During the enforcement effort, officers conducted 189 traffic stops resulting in the following:  Officers issued a total of 129 traffic tickets including: 50 seat belt tickets; 1 child restraint ticket; 1 signal light violation; 4 driving while suspended/revoked tickets; 3 no operator license tickets; 11 uninsured motorist tickets; 28 speeding tickets; and 31 other non-hazardous moving traffic violations.  178 written/verbal warnings were issued as well.
 
“Seat belts are your single best defense in a crash,” stated Chief Sammy Stone. “Law enforcement will continue to encourage drivers to make a simple, smart choice to buckle up and Arrive Alive.”
Six out of 10 people killed in Missouri traffic crashes are unbuckled. Missouri’s seat belt use has remained relatively unchanged in the last six years. Missouri has an 81 percent seat belt use, which is well below the national average of 88 percent. Teens and pick-up truck drivers are among those least likely to buckle up at 70 and 69 percent.

Buckle up and Arrive Alive. For more information on Missouri’s seat belt use, visit www.saveMOlives.com.

 Bloomfield, Missouri - FOUND 6/1/17 in Stoddard County, 5 miles south of Bloomfield, address Essex. Please share this dog's photos with your vet offices in the area of Dexter, Advance, Poplar Bluff, Sikeston.

We believe the dog had an owner who loved HIM. He is neutered, age 8-10, has had a dental as he has no bad buildup of tartar. He is HEARTWORM NEG and NEG for any tick disease. His fecal was NEGATIVE too.

Someone did love him until recently when they let his flea allergy get out of hand and let him get thin. He was also matted on the face as shown in a couple photos.

We wonder if an owner ended up in a care facility or has died and family did not want the old loyal and somewhat needy pet.

Right now he weighs 14 pounds, should be around 16 pounds. We are unsure if he is a brindle or had dark brown fur around his torso. He is missing so much fur we can not tell for sure. However his skin had dark stripes.

What a LOVER this guy is! ! ! Patient too. Once I showed him a crate and fed him in that crate, he would go to lay in that crate when I walked out of the family room and shut the gate. Good memory retention, knows a ROUTINE like he had a routine in another home.

YOU don't want your pet? Ask for help to post it to find a home or another rescue if we don't have room. Please don't do to a pet what it appears was done to this boy...

Someone knows whose dog this was.

We are actively looking for a home for him NOW! Foster to adopt after a 5 day hold.

NOTE: a SERESTO COLLAR made by the BAYER CO is what I use to keep fleas off of the dogs that come here with flea allergies. He received a DEPO shot today to quickly stop the itchy skin so he can start to heal and NEXGARD to kill the baby seed ticks and remaining fleas. In three weeks we will put on a SERESTO collar and he will remain comfortable for less than $10 a month for at least 8 up to 10 months. Bayer also makes the ADVANTAGE MULTI topical for flea prevention which also de-worms three gut worms.

Update photos tomorrow of his visit at the vet. These photos taken by young Mason Miller of the Bloomfield - Essex area, grandson of Mary Gilooly, the VERY Good Samaritans who searched for someone to help this little guy today. They did not turn their backs on this needy little guy.

Bayer
Helping Hands Veterinary Clinic, LLC
Dexter Bar-B-Que

Dexter, Missouri - The Dexter Chamber of Commerce wants to inform the public about a company trying to solicit ads for a magazine called “Newcomers Guide”.

The Dexter Chamber is not associated with them nor have they given them permission to use the Chamber's name. 

This company apparently originates out of Peoria, IL and uses the number 888-588-7755.

If you every have a doubt about advertising or purchasing an ad, please do not hesitate to contact the Dexter Chamber of Commerce's office

Hillary Starnes, MPA, Executive Director
Dexter Chamber of Commerce, Inc.
515B West Market
P. O. Box 21
Dexter, MO 63841
Phone:  573-624-7458

Bloomfield, Missouri - The Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce will host Downtown Bloomfield Days on Thursday, June 8th, Friday, June 9th and Saturday, June 10th.

Downtown Bloomfield Days will feature a carnival on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday and special crafts and food on Saturday, June 10, 2017 from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

The Carnival will run from   6 p.m. to 10  p.m. on Thursday and Friday.  On Saturday from noon - 10:00 p.m.  

Arm Bands will be available.  Individual tickets are $1.00 each.  Each ride take three to four tickets.

The event will take place between the old courthouse north down N. Prairie Street to J Highway.

Craft and food booth spaces are available at a cost of $15 for Saturday.  Please contact Goldie DeGroot, president of the Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce, at (573) 568 - 9996.

To register for FREE Tickets stop in at Granny Pickers in Bloomfield!

Route W in New Madrid and Stoddard County will be closed as Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform pavement repairs.

This section of roadway is located from Route 62 to Route Z.

Weather permitting, work will take place Wednesday, May 31 through Thursday, June 22 from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily.