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Two more to file for Cape County public administrator, one for assessor
(Local News ~ 02/20/12)
Add two more names to the growing list of people who want to replace Cape Girardeau County Public Administrator Phyllis Schwab -- that's six now -- and a third who wants voters to pick her to take over for outgoing Assessor Jerry Reynolds...
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Man accused of Malden home invasion to appear in court March 14
(Local News ~ 02/20/12)
MALDEN, Mo. -- A man accused of the mid-December home invasion and kidnapping of a Malden resident waived his right to a preliminary hearing Tuesday, and has been bound over to Division I court, where he will appear March 14. Richard O. Jenkins, 38, of Campbell, Mo., is charged with first-degree robbery, three counts of armed criminal action, two counts of first-degree burglary, and kidnapping in connection with a Dec. 19 home invasion of Terry Kitrel, 70...
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Solar panels will power Clayton, Mo., police station, parking garage
(State News ~ 02/20/12)
CLAYTON, Mo. -- The St. Louis County town of Clayton is embarking on a big commitment to going green -- a $1.1 million solar energy project that will provide electricity for the new police station and its parking garage. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that it will be among the largest solar-powered projects for any St. Louis-area public building...
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Local Civil War engagements discussed at Cape Roundtable
(Local News ~ 02/20/12)
More than 30 people heard accounts of how the Civil War directly touched this area Sunday at a meeting of the Cape Girardeau Civil War Rountable. This month's meeting featured "The Civil War in Our Area -- A Fight For Control of the Rivers," a presentation by Fred Keller, a club member who is a former reporter and photographer at KFVS12 and former news director of KZIM radio...
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Thousands of car enthusiasts look for parts at Arena Building swap meet
(Local News ~ 02/20/12)
Anything on wheels from farm equipment to model cars, parts, tools, accessories, signs, books, magazines, even toy cars were being traded or bought Sunday at the Capaha Antique Car Club's swap meet. The 46th annual event brought 2,500 to 3,000 antique car enthusiasts from at least six states to the Arena Building in Cape Girardeau...
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Cardinals' Wainwright is eager to prove he's healthy
(Professional Sports ~ 02/20/12)
JUPITER, Fla. -- Adam Wainwright's season-ending elbow injury last February was supposed to have wrecked the St. Louis Cardinals' season. Instead, they went on to take the World Series. And now the former 20-game winner is healthy again, ready to rejoin a rotation that was strong enough to win it all without him...
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Lincoln
(Submitted Photo ~ 02/20/12)
For Presidents' Day, the memorial to Lincoln at one end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
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Monticello
(Submitted Photo ~ 02/20/12)
On Presidents' Day, Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson
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Mt. Vernon
(Submitted Photo ~ 02/20/12)
Mt. Vernon, Virginia, home of our first President, George Washington
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Deadly Reminder
(Submitted Photo ~ 02/20/12)
The gun that Boothe used to kill president Lincoln
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Safe Harbor Animal Sanctuary's Adorable Adoptable
(Submitted Photo ~ 02/20/12)
Vanna's story starts out in an abandoned car with her three kittens. She had an infected tail which had to be removed and she has now healed. She is a HAPPY, HAPPY cat!!! She is a black cat with short, sleek fur and a birtday in 2009. I think if Vanna could spell out a puzzle like on Wheel of Fortune, her puzzle would say "I would love to be your new best friend!." Please contact Safe Harbor Animal Sanctuary at 243-9823 to find out more about Vanna or get directions to visit our animal sanctuary.. ...
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Dogs, owners training as part of Cape County's new search and rescue unit
(Local News ~ 02/20/12)
More than a dozen dogs ran, jumped and sniffed their way through a portion of Cape County Park on Sunday afternoon. Some timid pups stayed close to their owners, while older dogs ventured into the park's forest. The typical barks and whimpers filled the air, and dog treats and tennis balls were plentiful...
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Joplin to consider changes to its storm siren policy
(State News ~ 02/20/12)
JOPLIN, Mo. -- Joplin officials will hear about proposed changes to the city's storm-siren policy this week. The Joplin Globe reported that the possible policy changes are in response to a National Weather Service investigation after the May 22 tornado that killed 161 people...
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Dog gets stem-cell injection to try to cure arthritis
(State News ~ 02/20/12)
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- The owners of a 12-year-old yellow Labrador with crippling arthritis are hoping stem cells will relieve the dog's pain. The dog, named Jake, underwent a procedure in Overland Park that supporters say will make his arthritic limbs healthy again...
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Efforts started to photograph, preserve old barns in Missouri
(State News ~ 02/20/12)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Thousands of precariously leaning, rotting barns with peeling paint and missing boards dot America's rural landscape. The aging relics hold a certain romance for many, and interest is growing in numerous states in saving or at least documenting the rickety barns before they become victims of age and urban sprawl, the cost of maintenance too high when they no longer have a practical purpose...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 02/20/12)
Today is Monday, Feb. 20, the 51st day of 2012. There are 315 days left in the year. This is Presidents' Day. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 20, 1962, astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth as he flew aboard Project Mercury's Friendship 7 spacecraft...
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Variety of liability insurance plans can protect businesses
(Business ~ 02/20/12)
Running a business isn't easy. And, unfortunately, mistakes sometimes happen. When those mistakes can cause harm or damage, that's when business liability insurance is needed. "In general, you carry liability to cover negligence," says attorney John Cook of Cook, Barkett, Ponder and Wolz in Cape Girardeau...
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Bankruptcies
(Business ~ 02/20/12)
Bankruptcies filed through January for the Southeastern Division of the Eastern District of Missouri's U.S. Bankruptcy Court are listed below with their corresponding case number. The Southeast Division includes the counties of Bollinger, Butler, Carter, Dunklin, Madison, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Perry, Reynolds, Ripley, Scott, Shannon, Stoddard and Wayne. Court is held in Cape Girardeau...
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Health briefs
(Business ~ 02/20/12)
CASE MANAGERS EARN CERTIFICATION Cathy Ulrich and Lalita Toeniskoetter, nurses and care coordinators in SoutheastHEALTH's Case Management Department, passed the American Case Management Association certification exam and are now accredited case managers. Ulrich has worked at Southeast since 1985 and holds certification as a certified professional in utilization review. Toeniskoetter has also worked at Southeast since 1985...
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Names in the news
(Business ~ 02/20/12)
SAMMONS NAMED VP OF SALES Gregory Sammons was named vice president of sales, marketing and development for Campbell Mattress Co. He has been in the mattress business, including sales, manufacturing and development, for more than 35 years in national and regional companies...
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Briefs
(Business ~ 02/20/12)
BRIEFS TUTOR/DANCE STUDIO OPENS IN DONIPHAN DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Patti Hill and her son, Jesse Hill, opened Smart Moves Tutoring and Dance Studio at 4 Oak Tree Village, behind Patsy's Journeyman Restaurant in Doniphan. Patti, a licensed special education teacher, offers lessons in language arts, reading, math and study skills to students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. ...
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Tips for protecting your business in case of disaster
(Business ~ 02/20/12)
More than 500 businesses were destroyed or substantially damaged last May after an EF-5 tornado left a 10-mile-long path of ruin in Joplin, Mo. Most were prepared for typical Midwest storm damage, but not for a tornado of that magnitude, says Rob O'Brian, president of the Joplin Area Chamber of Commerce...
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What an audit means for your business, and how to handle it
(Business ~ 02/20/12)
The word "audit" puts many business owners on edge, but auditor David Seabaugh of Baer & Edington LLC in Jackson says there's no need to panic if you get a notice. It doesn't automatically mean something is wrong, he says, and audits are actually becoming more frequent and common...
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Business licenses
(Business ~ 02/20/12)
Business licenses issued in Cape Girardeau during January include the following:Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar, 202 S. Broadview St. Bridge the Gap Now, 4053 Connor Drive El Tapatio Mexican Restaurant, 97 N. Kingshighway 10 El Tapatio Mexican Restaurant, 97 N. Kingshighway 10 (liquor license)...
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Tax liens
(Business ~ 02/20/12)
Cape Girardeau County Tax liens and lien discharges recorded at the office of Scott R. Clark, recorder of deeds, during January are filed by the Missouri Department of Revenue, except as indicated by IRS designation. For more information, contact the recorder's office at (573) 243-8123...
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Presidents Day
(Editorial ~ 02/20/12)
Today the country celebrates Presidents Day. Some might see the third Monday in February as an odd time for a national holiday, one in which schools, government employees and others have a day off from work. But the reason for the day does have significance...
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Over time, disappearing rights
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/20/12)
Editor's note: The following letter was submitted in response to a previous letter titled "Public's misplaced anger." If you think this started with Bush, you are mistaken. People are not "suddenly" mad. The frustration and disappointment in our elected officials is a long time brewing. ...
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The benefits of hunting
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/20/12)
I'm a simple man of German-Dutch descent whose great-grandfather came here from Haaksburgen, Holland for the freedom we all take for granted. He scratched out a living in Leopold, Mo. He raised a family on what God provided for him. The person who called in saying that the "professional" hunters who would be brought in for deer population control would be "hillbillies and rednecks": My neck is red from working 60 hours a week. ...
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Speak Out 2/20/12
(Speak Out ~ 02/20/12)
THANK you to Schnucks and your employees for a wonderful Valentine's Day party for couples married 50 years and more at the Arena Building. Congratulations to the couple on being married 73 years. We appreciate it very much. Religious freedom EMPLOYEES Of Catholic owned/run businesses should have birth control covered by their medical insurance. ...
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Prayer 2/20/12
(Prayer ~ 02/20/12)
O God, may we guard our tongues and strive to uplift others in all we say. Amen.
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Actress Judi Dench, 77, says she's battling blindness, can't read scripts
(Entertainment ~ 02/20/12)
LONDON -- Actress Judi Dench is battling to save her sight. The James Bond star said in an interview published Saturday that she had been diagnosed with macular degeneration, an eye condition that can cause blindness, and that her eyesight was already so bad that she couldn't even read her own scripts...
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Stocks could be an indicator for presidential re-elections
(National News ~ 02/20/12)
NEW YORK -- The number has been repeated so often by presidential prognosticators that it's an article of faith: No president has been re-elected since World War II with an unemployment rate higher than 7.2 percent. But the stock market turns out to be a pretty good predictor, too...
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People on the move 2/20/12
(Business ~ 02/20/12)
Jonathan Bremer was recently promoted to assistant vice president branch manager at the Kingshighway branch of Capaha Bank. Bremer began working at Capaha Bank as a teller about six years ago while he was attending Southeast Missouri State University. After graduation, he was promoted to credit analyst. He received a bachelor of science in business administration with a major in finance from Southeast...
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U.S., Britain urge Israel not to attack Iran
(International News ~ 02/20/12)
JERUSALEM -- The U.S. and Britain on Sunday urged Israel not to attack Iran's nuclear program as the White House's national security adviser arrived in the region, reflecting growing international jitters that the Israelis are poised to strike...
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Atmosphere at Southeast basketball game was electric
(Sports Column ~ 02/20/12)
The Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team turned back the clock Wednesday night. It was certainly a sight to behold. The fifth-largest crowd for a Southeast home game came to see the Redhawks host a nationally ranked Division I opponent for the first time...
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Sex-changing treatment for children is on the rise
(National News ~ 02/20/12)
CHICAGO -- A small but growing number of teens and even younger children who think they were born the wrong sex are getting support from parents and from doctors who give them sex-changing treatments, according to reports in the medical journal Pediatrics...
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Senegal president's age becomes campaign issue
(International News ~ 02/20/12)
KEBEMER, Senegal -- The question dogging the president of this nation as he tries to convince his country to vote for him one last time can be traced to this town enveloped in sand. It's here inside a house with a goat tethered outside that President Abdoulaye Wade was born. The problem is when...
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Cape Girardeau police report 2/20/12
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/20/12)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWIs...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 2/20/12
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/20/12)
Firefighters responded to the following calls Saturday:...
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Jackson police and fire report 2/20/12
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/20/12)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests Firefighters responded to the following calls Saturday:...
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Two judicial officials slain in Syria
(International News ~ 02/20/12)
BEIRUT -- Gunmen in Syria staged a guerrilla-style ambush that killed a senior state prosecutor and a judge Sunday in an attack that suggested armed factions are growing bolder and more coordinated in their uprising against President Bashar Assad's regime...
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Out of the past 2/20/12
(Out of the Past ~ 02/20/12)
The city council is seeking to cultivate advice from the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board on what, if any, steps should be taken to preserve the May Greene Garden; one possibility is for the city to take over maintenance of the small garden at Fountain and Themis streets...
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Dorothy Wagner
(Obituary ~ 02/20/12)
Dorothy H. Wagner, 83, of Jackson passed away Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Oct. 26, 1928, in Lixville, Mo., daughter of Charles and Hilda Pickle Pohlmann. She married Nelson "Butch" Meyer on July 21, 1950. He passed away April 3, 1980. She and Kenneth Wagner were married Sept. 29, 1990. He passed away Nov. 10, 2008...
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Lillian Sander
(Obituary ~ 02/20/12)
Lillian E. Sander, 82, of Millersville passed away Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012, at her home. She was born Dec. 2, 1929, at Stroder Branch, north of Burfordville, daughter of Lewis and Laura Meyer Abbott. She married Joe Dayton Sander on Feb. 19, 1945, in Corning, Ark. He passed away Aug. 30, 2000...
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Talking shop with Lauren Jones of The Source - Yoga 'n More
(Business ~ 02/20/12)
Lauren Jones was initially skeptical about yoga. She stumbled into her first yoga class by accident. Years later she's now turned her passion for sharing yoga's healing abilities into a thriving business. Jones, a former model, earned MBA degrees from Columbia Business School and London Business School. ...
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Paid Election Letter: Cutting office budget
(Paid Letter ~ 02/20/12)
In a time of ever-tightening state budgets, it's important that Missouri's elected officials make every effort to be good stewards of taxpayer dollars. Last week as part of my 2013 budget request, which calls for no increase in funding, I decided to return my official state vehicle in an effort to continue to cuts costs...
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At $25 per vote, what a waste of $7 million in Missouri
(Column ~ 02/20/12)
Would you be upset if you threw a $7 million party and almost everyone gave it a miss? That is the kind of embarrassment that Missouri lawmakers should be feeling today given the paltry turnout (less than 8 percent of the state's registered voters) at the recent presidential primary election...
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Blackhawks rally past Blues
(Professional Sports ~ 02/20/12)
CHICAGO -- Dave Bolland got an unlikely assist and the Chicago Blackhawks won in their return to the United Center after a long road trip. Bolland's centering attempt hit the skate of St. Louis' leading scorer David Backes and went in the net for the go-ahead score Sunday as Chicago rallied with three goals in the third period for a 3-1 victory over the Blues...
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Scott City's Shemonia will run next year for Southern Illinois Carbondale
(High School Sports ~ 02/20/12)
The Class 2 cross country champion excels at long runs but prefers short drives
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Southeast Missouri State softball recruit dies in car accident
(College Sports ~ 02/20/12)
The Southeast Missouri State softball program is in mourning after a high school senior who planned to play for the Redhawks lost her life early Sunday in an automobile accident. Tianna Stockley, who was driving, died after her car ran off Interstate 44's westbound lanes near St. Louis, crashed through a cable barrier and overturned on the eastbound lanes...
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Downtown building for sale; price tops $1 million
(Business ~ 02/20/12)
The Buckner-Ragsdale's building at 132 N. Main St. is up for sale, according to the Lorimont Place Ltd. website. The asking price is just over $1 million. The three-story, 22,984-square-foot building is owned by Cape Girardeau Brewing Co. LLC, founded by Mark Sprigg and Phil Brinson in 1998...
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Louis Lix
(Obituary ~ 02/20/12)
YOUNT, Mo. -- Louis Lix Jr., 82, of Yount passed away Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. He was born Oct. 11, 1929, to Louis W. and Marie (Statler) Lix in St. Louis. Junior was a member of Mount Zion Immanuel Lutheran Church at Yount until it closed, where he served various committees and was an usher. He later became a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Perryville, Mo...
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Good Samaritan: Leigh Parrish Shoemaker
(Submitted Story ~ 02/20/12)
Last spring when we had so many hard rains my and filled my box of Christmas decorations. I didn't realize this until December when I came time to decorate. 30 years of decorations totally destoyed. My close friend and (former) co-worker came to my rescue. Not only did she provide a large bag of decorations but help me decorate...
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