USA - If you were alive and old enough to remember September 11, 2001 then you know where you were when you heard that the first plane hit the Twin Towers.  Most of us watched it live on television or listened on the radio.  From the time it began until time for bed, we worried, we prayed, we watched in horror as our nation fell for only a moment, but none the less was attacked at home, on our soil.

As a special note, we want to thank the Boy Scouts in Dexter for putting out the flags down Business Highway 60 in Dexter.

On October 25, 2001, the U.S. House of Representatives Joint Resolution 71 was approved.   Resolution 71 requested that the President designate September 11 of each year as “Patriot Day”.  President George W. Bush signed the resolution into law on December 18, 2001 (as Public Law 107-89).

On this day, it is asked by the President that the American flag is flown at half-staff at individual American homes, the White House and on all United States government buildings and establishments at home and abroad.  The President has also asked Americans to observe a moment of silence beginning at 8:46 A.M.(Eastern Daylight Time), the time the first plane struck the North Tower of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.  He also strongly encourages Americans to use the Corporation for National and Community Service to find and volunteer for service opportunities.  

It was on September 10 of 2012 that President Obama issued a proclamation renaming the day as Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance, in reference to both Public Laws 107-89 and 111-13 (the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act).

“As we join in serving causes greater than ourselves and honoring those we lost, we are reminded of the ways that the victims of 9/11 live on — in the people they loved, the lives they touched, and the courageous acts they inspired.  On Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance, we pledge to carry on their legacy of courage and compassion, and to move forward together as one people.” ~Presidential Proclamation–Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance

 

Route 51 in Butler and Stoddard County will be closed as contractor crews perform bridge repairs.

These bridges are located between Route FF and Route 60 Outer Road.

Weather permitting, the road will be closed at 6 a.m. Monday, Oct 20 and will re-open Monday, Oct. 23rd.

Dexter, Missouri - Everyone knows that social media was created to be a positive way to communicate; however there are always those few people that think it's cool or fun to create FAKE Facebook pages.  What they don't realize is that some people fall for those FAKE news reports and think badly about someone or a business and it does harm to those people.

Most recently a FAKE Facebook page was created called The City of Dexter.  Posts are ridiculous; however it has cause concern among residents in Dexter.  

The best thing you can do is to NOT Like that page, but to follow the City of Dexter by clicking HERE.  If you have Liked that page, go back and unlike it.  That takes the power away from FAKE postings.

City Administrator Mark Stidham said, "The City of Dexter has been receiving inquiries about a Facebook post that is not affiliated with Dexter what so ever.  The first inquiries came on Wednesday the 6th and continued into the 7th."

"If you pull up the post you'll notice other cities Sikeston, Jackson,  and Poplar Bluff have been blessed by this hack also please let your followers know this is fake."

It's up to everyone to "police" Facebook and other social media outlets and to distinguish between what is real and what is fake; however sometimes it's hard to tell.  The City of Dexter has one page on Facebook and always sends notices to local media outlets to get information out to the public.