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Four by Four 12/21/14
(Community ~ 12/21/14)
__Jessie Raines__ Cape Girardeau Retired; helps at Back Porch Antiques __What are some family traditions around Christmas?__ We like to get together and have a dinner. Just remember what the past year has done for us with hopes for the future. __What is a favorite Christmas movie or song?__ "Silent Night" is my favorite, and it brings back memories. I like "Blue Christmas" by Elvis. He's one of my favorites. __How are you doing on your Christmas shopping?__ We don't shop a lot. Everyone kind of likes checks or cash. It might not be the right size, but it's always the right color. __What is your fondest Christmas memory?__ We used to go to my grandmother's house every Christmas Eve and open presents, and it was just everyone in the family getting together. __Keith McFerren__ Cape Girardeau Owner, Headliners Barber Shop __What are some family traditions around Christmas?__ First, eat. Second would be waking up Christmas morning and open up the gifts, and third would be attend the Christmas Tournament. __What is a favorite Christmas movie or song?__ My favorite Christmas movie is ... "You'll shoot your eye out" -- "The Christmas Story." __How are you doing on your Christmas shopping?__ Haven't even started. So that's not so good. I'm pretty much a last-minute shopper. __What is your fondest Christmas memory?__ I've got a huge family so I guess every [Christmas] that everyone is there and healthy is my favorite. __Richard Spicer__ Cape Girardeau Bell-ringer for The Salvation Army __What are some family traditions around Christmas?__ Traditionally we normally have chitterlings and turkey and food like that. We set up the tree with lights and sing carols __What is a favorite Christmas movie or song?__ "Frosty the Snowman" movie, and my favorite song is "Jingle Bells." __How are you doing on your Christmas shopping?__ I haven't even started yet. __What is your fondest Christmas memory?__ I don't know -- making a snowman because that's what we normally do every year is make the snowman or make angels in the snow. __Aleshia Morley__ Bernie, Missouri Retail, Wal-Mart __What are some family traditions around Christmas?__ We put up the Christmas tree, and we make grits and grillards. I actually do it the day after Halloween. __What is a favorite Christmas movie or song?__ I like "The Nightmare Before Christmas." I always have, since I was a little kid. __How are you doing on your Christmas shopping?__ Pretty well. My husband actually bought me a piano, and I just bought him a bunch of "Star Wars" stuff. We didn't put up a tree this year, so we already gave it to each other, so we are just doing it for the rest of the family now. __What is your fondest Christmas memory?__ I think being a little kid and sleeping on the couch with my sister and just looking up at the Christmas tree.
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Rep. Smith asks Obama to preserve levee plan
(Local News ~ 12/21/14)
After new opposition arose regarding the St. Johns Bayou and New Madrid Floodway Project, U.S. Rep. Jason Smith, R-Salem, sent a letter last week to President Barack Obama, voicing his support and calling for the project's completion. The letter was sent a day after government and civic leaders from the region sent letters to the president, saying the project would increase flood risks for predominantly black communities in Southern Illinois, including Cairo...
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Southeast gets a look at logo options for university
(Local News ~ 12/21/14)
Southeast Missouri State's board of regents got a look Friday at preliminary concepts of a "brand and logo evolution" for the university. A rebranding effort is intended to better position the university in the academic marketplace and streamline its messages to various audiences, including prospective and current students, their families, alumni and the community...
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Southeast commencement marks cooperative effort among colleges
(Local News ~ 12/21/14)
This year, for the first time in Southeast Missouri State University history, graduates were able to receive their associate degrees from their respective two-year colleges in addition to their bachelor's degrees at Southeast. Southeast president Kenneth W. Dobbins was joined on stage Saturday afternoon by Steven J. Kurtz, president of Mineral Area College, and Wesley Payne, president of Three Rivers College, to present diplomas to the new graduates...
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SUV crashes into house
(Local News ~ 12/21/14)
A passenger suffered minor injuries when a vehicle left the street at a curve, crossed the lawn and came to a stop inside a house at 901 E. Rodney Drive in Cape Girardeau.
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Jackson wrestlers win third consecutive Tiger Classic
(High School Sports ~ 12/21/14)
There are several ways to assess the dominance of the Jackson wrestling team.
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Ameren 20-year plan includes more renewable energy sources
(Local News ~ 12/21/14)
For Ameren Missouri, the future of the company and its energy base is all about diversity and time. The energy company that serves 64 counties across the state submitted its 20-year Integrated Resource Plan to the Missouri Public Service Commission in October. The plan calls for the significant expansion of renewable energy, adding 400 megawatts of wind power, 45 megawatts of solar, 28 megawatts of hydroelectric and five megawatts of landfill gas -- all which would power about 319,000 homes...
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Merry pranksters' hide 'n' sneak peek
(Community ~ 12/21/14)
Look out, boys and girls -- There's an elf on the loose. He'll flirt with your Barbies or ride your toy moose. About a month ago, Jackson resident Noah Svehla, 4, was read a bedtime story about an elf. His mother, Lori, asked what he would name the elf if he had one...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 12/21/14)
Today is Sunday, Dec. 21, the 355th day of 2014. There are 10 days left in the year. Winter arrives at 6:03 p.m. Eastern time. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 21, 1864, during the Civil War, Union forces led by Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman concluded their "March to the Sea," which had begun in Atlanta on Nov. 15 and ended with the capture of Savannah, Georgia...
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Generosity-Roth scholarship
(Community ~ 12/21/14)
The Lindsay Roth Memorial Endowed Scholarship has been established through the Southeast Missouri University Foundation. Roth's friends and Delta Delta Delta sorority sisters made a $5,000 gift to establish the award and continue her legacy. The gift will be matched with an additional $5,000 through the foundation's Honoring Tradition -- Inspiring Success Comprehensive Campaign. ...
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Holiday family traditions extend to Christmas Eve fare
(Community ~ 12/21/14)
I really enjoy visiting with people to learn what their family traditions are for the Christmas season and, especially, Christmas Eve. Some families serve chili, some have the full main meal late in the evening, some have all finger foods and appetizers while another family may serve all wild game. It is very interesting to me and the fun thing is, nothing is wrong with anyone's traditions; it's all right...
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Adopt Goldie
(Community ~ 12/21/14)
Goldie is 4 months old. He is available for adoption at the Humane Society 334-5837.
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Pet of the week - Bruiser
(Community ~ 12/21/14)
Bruiser "is ready for the holidays. He's wishing everyone a Merry Christmas!"
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Awards - Southeast Hospice
(Community ~ 12/21/14)
Southeast Hospice recently honored volunteers, from left: Jean Mueller, Nancy Kester, Rita Aunspach, Tina Bles, Melody Green and Mark Kiblinger. Kester and Aunspach received Cherub awards; Mueller and Kiblinger received Guardian Angel awards; and Bles and Green received Gabriel awards. ...
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Awards - Good Citizens
(Community ~ 12/21/14)
Good Citizen Awards and a monetary gift were presented to four high school seniors at the John Guild Chapter, NSDAR, November meeting. The students were recommended by school counselors. From left are Chance Ziegler, Jackson High School; Garrett Reynolds, Woodland High School; Adelaide Parsons, chapter Good Citizens chairperson; Abby Breite, Saxony Lutheran High School; Marti Strickland, chapter regent; and Emma Cook, Meadow Heights...
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Award - Rush
(Community ~ 12/21/14)
Lillian Martin Rush, left, was presented with a Human Rights Award in recognition of her 29 years with Head Start. She taught special needs children, was a classroom assistant, trained teachers, coordinated an Early Head Start program and was site manager until her retirement in 2013. Church Women United C0-leader Joan Sebaugh presented the award at World Community Day, held this year at the Salvation Army...
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Generosity - Ford and Sons Funeral Home
(Community ~ 12/21/14)
Kevin Ford and Pam Pfanstiel of Ford and Sons Funeral Home give a $2,000 donation for Shop with a Hero at Cape Walmart to Det. Keith Green of the Cape Girardeau Fraternal Order of Police Regional Lodge 51.
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FYI Dec. 21
(Community ~ 12/21/14)
** Candlelight service in Scott City New Life Gospel Center, 401 Oak St. in Scott City, will hold a candlelight and Christmas carol service at 6 p.m. today. More information is available by calling Jack Owens, pastor, at 573-264-1037.
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Club news 12-21-14
(Community News ~ 12/21/14)
The quarterly council meeting of the Cape Girardeau County FCE was held Dec. 4 at the University of Missouri Extension Center in Jackson, with Shirley Palen, president, presiding. Hostesses were from the Lamplighters Club. Nelda Crader of the Oak Ridge Homemakers Club presented the devotion "Laws of Success" by Jack Yianitsas, while Mary Klaproth led pledges to the American and Missouri flags. After that the members recited the Club Collect...
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'Miraculous' Murals
(Community ~ 12/21/14)
When the director of Christian education at Trinity Lutheran Church asked twin sisters Brenda Gerler and Saundra Flanagan to paint scenes of Bethlehem along the Sunday school hallway, no one imagined the two would create works of art that would totally alter the appearance of the area and create great excitement among the children...
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Christmas: The most wonderful time of the year
(Community ~ 12/21/14)
I'm sure no child ever loved Christmas more than I did and, thank God, the thrill of it all is still with me. When Gene Autry sings "Rudolph" and Bing Cosby reaches down into the resonance of his deep baritone voice and tells us about the "White Christmas" he sees in his dreams, it generates emotions in me that were spawned by three generations of Christmas memories...
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Christmas nostalgia, a bit of sadness, joy that is incomplete
(Community ~ 12/21/14)
Now I am in the stable. I bend to touch the straw on the ground, bring a handful to my nose and breathe in deep, pick out a single piece and stick it in my mouth, bite down on the hollow stalk that tastes of something I cannot name, and salt. Where are you? Running your hand along the splintered wood of the wall? Writing your name in trough-water mud with the toe of your boot? Over petting the cow, whose coat is moist in the heat? Maybe in a moment I will join you -- I have always wanted to feel the fur, but never quite gotten close enough.. ...
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Truth-telling is not necessarily a clear-cut matter
(Community ~ 12/21/14)
Tell the truth. Those words are not explicitly stated in the Ten Commandments, although they are broadly inferred by commandment No. 9 -- the one prohibiting false testimony against a neighbor. "Don't steal," however, is straightforwardly stated. In the 2003 best-selling book, "The Kite Runner," the author suggests that every violation ultimately comes down to stealing...
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A goldfinch finds a meal
(Community ~ 12/21/14)
A few days ago I captured this image of an American goldfinch picking a seed from a sunflower head. Nuthatches have a reputation for being acrobatic, a talent we sometimes don't attribute to other songbirds, but this goldfinch shows great agility as well. ...
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Perryville teen injured in crash
(Local News ~ 12/21/14)
A Perry County, Missouri, teenager was taken to the hospital with serious injuries Thursday after a single-vehicle crash on Highway V, the Missouri State Highway Patrol reported. Randy E. Friedrich, 17, of Perryville, Missouri, was driving a 2012 Chevrolet Camaro south on Highway V at Perry County Road 900 when the vehicle ran off the left side of the road, crossed a field and struck an embankment, causing extensive damage to the car, the patrol reported...
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Levee breech had other benefits
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/21/14)
On Wednesday you used an AP 2011 file photo of the flooded Birds Point levee. I object to its caption, which probably came from the AP, and said the levee was blown "to reduce the river level just enough to spare nearby Cairo where 72 percent of the residents are black."...
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Bateman to lead hospital through transition period
(Editorial ~ 12/21/14)
Southeast Missouri Hospital is experiencing an era of transition. The SoutheastHEALTH organization, which includes the Cape Girardeau Hospital, has been in a state of flux as it trims, reorganizes and attempts to be more competitive in an extremely competitive marketplace...
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Prayer 12-21
(Prayer ~ 12/21/14)
Lord Jesus, we give thanks, for you came to save us from our sin. Amen.
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Out of the past 12/21/14
(Out of the Past ~ 12/21/14)
U.S. marshals have beefed up security at the federal courthouse in Cape Girardeau and in St. Louis after last week's bombing that killed a judge in Alabama and one this week in which a civil-rights lawyer died. Winter officially -- and appropriately -- arrives with an invasion of bitterly cold arctic air that is expected to send temperatures to below zero overnight; steadily falling temperatures and strong northerly winds throughout the day make it feel like 20 below in Cape Girardeau...
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Road work 12/21/14
(Local News ~ 12/21/14)
Highway 34 in Bollinger County, from Highway 51 to Route B, will be reduced as Missouri Department of Transportation crews make pavement repairs. The work will take place from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, according to a MoDOT news release. All work is weather permitting. For more information, contact MoDOT's Customer Service Center at 888-275-6636 or visit modot.org/southeast...
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Stoic gravedigger loses composure after massacre
(International News ~ 12/21/14)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- One of the gravediggers at Peshawar's largest graveyard has a rule. He says he never cries when he buries the dead. He's a professional, he says. But as the dead bodies -- mostly children -- started coming in from a school massacre this week that killed 148 people, he began to weep...
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Gold tooth dropped in donation kettle
(State News ~ 12/21/14)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A Salvation Army spokesman says someone has dropped a gold tooth into a holiday collection kettle. Spokesman Rick Carroll said Thursday he's found diamond rings, silver bars and four-leaf clovers but has never heard of a tooth donation...
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Lawmaker wants investigation of St. Louis County prosecutor
(State News ~ 12/21/14)
ST. LOUIS -- A Missouri lawmaker is calling for an investigation of St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch, saying he "manipulated" the grand jury in the Ferguson case. McCulloch said in a radio interview Friday some witnesses obviously lied to the grand jury...
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Jackson police report 12/21/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/21/14)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. n Daniel R. Hardin, 19, of Sikeston, Missouri, was arrested on a Jackson warrant for failure to appear for speeding. n Eddie G. Bowen II, 27, of Jackson was arrested on suspicion of endangering the welfare of a child...
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Crime in NYC drops even as tactics draw criticism
(National News ~ 12/21/14)
NEW YORK -- Even as New York's police department takes heat for its tactics in the outrage over the Eric Garner chokehold case, year-end crime statistics show two trends: Low-level arrests are holding steady, and overall crime continues to fall. The numbers could be seen as an affirmation of Police Commissioner William Bratton's signature "broken windows" tactic, the idea that enforcing smaller crimes such as fare beating and public drunkenness help prevent bigger crimes. ...
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Prepackaged caramel apples linked to 4 deaths
(National News ~ 12/21/14)
WASHINGTON -- Health officials are warning consumers to avoid prepackaged caramel apples because they are linked to four deaths and more than two dozen illnesses in 10 states. Caramel apples are most popular around Halloween, and the outbreak started in mid-October. But the commercially produced variety can have a shelf life of a month or more, and some still may be on store shelves...
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Congress finishes session, members still grumbling
(National News ~ 12/21/14)
WASHINGTON -- The 113th Congress began its turbulent life two years ago battling over whether to help Superstorm Sandy victims. They did, eventually. By the time Congress limped out of town last week, one of its last acts was to honor the 100th anniversary of the extinction of passenger pigeons...
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Young see chance to bridge divide of Cuba, U.S.
(International News ~ 12/21/14)
HAVANA -- Daniela Martinez long figured someday she would leave the struggles of daily life in Cuba and join her uncle in the United States. But after the events of the last few days, the 18-year-old medical student thinks exile may not be her only choice...
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Man in elf costume charged with DWI
(National News ~ 12/21/14)
RIVERDALE, N.J. -- Riverdale police said 23-year-old Brian Chellis was found passed out in a car early Friday morning wearing an Elf on the Shelf costume. Lt. James Macintosh says Chellis was asleep behind the wheel of a van with its engine running, lights on and music blaring. He says Chellis was in a red shirt, red pants and white ruffled collar. Macintosh says Chellis seemed confused where he was and had an open can of beer in the car. He was issued a summons...
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2 dozen injured in southern Indiana bus crash
(National News ~ 12/21/14)
SEYMOUR, Ind. -- More than two dozen people were injured when a double-decker bus traveling from Chicago to Atlanta slid off an interstate in southern Indiana and rolled onto its side early Saturday. The bus, operated by Megabus and carrying about 70 passengers, left the road about 5:30 a.m. Saturday on Interstate 65 in Seymour, Indiana State Police trooper Clifton Elston said...
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Othmar Wibbenmeyer
(Obituary ~ 12/21/14)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Othmar J. Wibbenmeyer, 97, of Perryville died Friday, Dec. 19, 2014, at the Independence Care Center in Perryville. Othmar was born Nov. 17, 1917, in Perryville, to B. Henry and Julia Buchheit Wibbenmeyer. He married Trula Sauer on April 23, 1945, in Apple Creek, she preceded him in death in 2006...
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Robbie Tollison
(Obituary ~ 12/21/14)
Robbie E. Tollison, 72, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Dec. 19, 2014, at Woodland Hills in Marble Hill, Missouri. He was born Thursday, April 23, 1942, in Arbor, to Lester and Charlotte Griffith Tollison. Robbie was a custodian for the Cape Girardeau School District for 15 years. He was an avid Cardinals fan and enjoyed hunting and fishing...
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Bonnie Stacy
(Obituary ~ 12/21/14)
ORAN, Mo. -- Bonnie M. Stacy, 84, of Oran passed away Friday, Dec. 19, 2014, at Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee, Missouri. A graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Forest Hills Memorial Gardens near Morley, Missouri. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Oran is in charge of arrangements...
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Sony saga blends foreign intrigue, star wattage
(National News ~ 12/21/14)
LOS ANGELES -- The hackers who hit Sony Pictures Entertainment days before Thanksgiving crippled the network, stole gigabytes of data and spilled into public view unreleased films and reams of private and sometimes embarrassing executive emails. A month later, the Obama administration confirmed what many had suspected: The North Korean government was behind the punishing breach. U.S. officials are promising a response, unspecified so far...
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Two NYC officers slain in ambush
(National News ~ 12/21/14)
NEW YORK -- A gunman who announced online he was planning to shoot two "pigs" in retaliation for the police chokehold death of Eric Garner ambushed two officers in a patrol car and shot them to death in broad daylight Saturday before running to a subway station and killing himself, authorities said...
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Robert Smith
(Obituary ~ 12/21/14)
Robert Rowan Smith, 73, of Millersville died Thursday Dec. 18, 2014, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Oct. 8, 1941, in Millersville, to Lloyd Lilburn and Sarah Josephine Smith. He and Betty Polen were married May 27, 1961, at Caney Fork Baptist Church...
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Thomas Simmons
(Obituary ~ 12/21/14)
VILLA RIDGE, Mo. -- Thomas Marion Simmons, 67, died Dec. 17, 2014, at his Villa Ridge home surrounded by his family. Tom was born Sept. 5, 1947, in Cape Girardeau, to the late Lyman Boyd and Nellie Grey Simmons. Tom grew up in and around Commerce, Missouri, and attended Thomas Kelly High School in Benton, Missouri. Tom served in the U.S. Navy from 1967 to 1970. Before retiring in 2010, he worked for Tire Shredders Inc. in Lincoln, Illinois...
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Lillian Reimann
(Obituary ~ 12/21/14)
Lillian Louise Reimann, 94, of Egypt Mills died Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014, at Jackson Manor. She was born Feb. 14, 1920, in Jackson, to Emil and Emma Voges Lowes. She and Ernest Otto Reimann were married Sunday, Sept. 17, 1939, at Hanover Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau. He preceded her in death April 10, 2014...
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Mildred Phelps
(Obituary ~ 12/21/14)
Mildred Hope Phelps, 88, of Jackson died Friday, Dec. 19, 2014, at Jackson Manor Nursing Home in Jackson. She was born Aug. 5, 1926, in Pocahontas, to Hobson Richard and Maudie Mae Cramer Bess. She and Lynn T. Phelps were married Dec. 20, 1946. Mildred graduated from Oak Ridge High School. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Jackson...
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Ernest Otte
(Obituary ~ 12/21/14)
Ernest J. Otte Sr., 59, of Rushville, Indiana, passed away Friday, Dec. 19, 2014, in Rushville. Ernest was born June 7, 1955, in Casa Grande, Arizona, to Joseph V. and Diana M. Basler Otte. He was a 1973 graduate of Perryville, Missouri, High School. He married Sue Prifogle on May 30, 1998, and she survives...
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Larry Null
(Obituary ~ 12/21/14)
Larry Wayne Null of Scott City passed away Friday, Dec. 19, 2014, in his home. He was born June 1, 1943, in Granite City, Illinois, to the late Willard and Addie Null. Larry and Janet Elaine Bain were married Sept. 26, 1965. Larry worked at West Lake Quarry in Scott City, and then joined the Local 513 Operators Union and worked in construction. He started his own company, L&N Excavating and ran it until his retirement in 1996...
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Loretta Kitchen
(Obituary ~ 12/21/14)
Loretta Kitchen, 75, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Dec. 19, 2014, at Ratliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born July 17, 1939, in Carbon Hill, Alabama, to Jack and Reecee Godsey Enlow. She and Douglas Kitchen were married June 18, 1960, in Cape Girardeau...
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Betty Hopen
(Obituary ~ 12/21/14)
Betty Sue Hopen, 89, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Dec. 20, 2014, at Chateau Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.
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Victor Gunn
(Obituary ~ 12/21/14)
Victor Gunn, 89, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Dec. 19, 2014, at Saint Francis Medical Center. He was born May 15, 1925, in Little Rock, Arkansas, to Vera Murphy. Victor enlisted in the U.S Navy in early 1941. He was a veteran of World War II serving as a Navy Corpsman. He was honorably discharged as a Pharmacist Mate First Class, USN, in October 1947...
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Clifford Flath Jr.
(Obituary ~ 12/21/14)
GLENALLEN, Mo. -- Clifford Flath Jr., 79, of Glenallen, Missouri, died Saturday, Dec. 20, 2014, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born in Guthrie, Kentucky, on Nov. 28, 1935, the son of Clifford and Hattie Mae Kirby Flath Sr. He married Shirley Imogene Kemp on Sept. 7, 1957. She survives...
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Adajane Davis
(Obituary ~ 12/21/14)
Adajane Davis, 80, of Scott City died Friday, Dec. 19, 2014, at Chaffee Nursing Center. She was born Feb. 22, 1934, in Cape Girardeau, to John and Earmel Hartle Schlenker. She married Billy E. Davis on July 18, 1953. She was a member of Broadway United Methodist Church. She had worked as city collector for Scott City...
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Sybilla Cresap
(Obituary ~ 12/21/14)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Sybilla L. Cresap, 97, of Advance passed away Saturday, Dec. 20, 2014, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri. She was born Aug. 8, 1917, in New Hamburg, Missouri, the daughter of Theon and Ida Menz Grojean. Sybilla and Marion Standfield were united in marriage and he preceded her in death. She later married H.R. "Dick" Cresap on Oct. 23, 1948, in Chaffee, Missouri, and he preceded her in death Oct. 16, 1992...
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Patricia Clark
(Obituary ~ 12/21/14)
Patricia "Pat" Clark, 67, left this life unexpectedly Monday, Dec. 15, 2014, at her home in the arms of her husband. She was born Dec. 18, 1946. Pat graduated from Collinsville High School in Illinois and soon after married Thomas E. Clark Sr. She and Tommy celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary July 17, 2014...
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High school roundup: Tigers collect seventh win vs. Farmington
(High School Sports ~ 12/21/14)
All the local high school events reported Friday to the Southeast Missourian.
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High school roundup: Chaffee girls win consolation game
(High School Sports ~ 12/21/14)
All the local high school events reported Saturday to the Southeast Missourian.
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Buzzer shot gives Illini 'Braggin' Rights' over Mizzou
(Professional Sports ~ 12/21/14)
ST. LOUIS -- Illinois left the game in Rayvonte Rice's hands. He didn't need much of an opening.
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Rams' defense will try to slow Giants' Beckham
(Professional Sports ~ 12/21/14)
ST. LOUIS -- Odell Beckham Jr. has been virtually unstoppable. The St. Louis Rams could just be the team to hold down the prolific New York Giants rookie.
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Tips on winter fishing for bass, crappie and bluegill
(Community ~ 12/21/14)
Winter is here, and with it comes winter weather. Warm one day and then cold the next or rain one day and then ice and snow the next. Many times winter fishing has to do more with being able to fish rather than whether the fish will bite. When I fish in the winter I go more for the "get away from it all" than the "fish fillets I bring home."...
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Dreamy white Christmas
(Community ~ 12/21/14)
"The sun is shining, the grass is green, The orange and palm trees sway. There's never been such a day in Beverly Hills, L.A. But it's December the twenty-fourth -- And I'm longing to be up North." Nearly 75 years ago Irving Berlin wrote those words, now seldom sung, as the opening verse to what would become the most recorded song of all time: "White Christmas." It's easy to understand how Berlin, born in a town near Siberia, could feel nostalgic about a winter snowfall while staying in the warm resort town of La Quinta, California, where he wrote his blockbuster tune one December.. ...
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Christmas 1914: The day WWI showed humanity
(International News ~ 12/21/14)
PLOEGSTEERT, Belgium -- With British and German forces separated only by a no man's land littered with fallen comrades, sounds of a German Christmas carol suddenly drifted across the frigid air: "Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht" ("Silent Night, Holy Night")...
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Soviet threat to Santa? No way, said JFK in 1961
(National News ~ 12/21/14)
BOSTON -- The Kennedy Presidential Library wants to remind the world not even the threat of thermonuclear conflict can stop Santa Claus from making his rounds. The library republished a 1961 letter from President John F. Kennedy reassuring a girl who was worried about possible Soviet nuclear tests at the North Pole...
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Panama's Noriega still in prison 25 years after invasion
(International News ~ 12/21/14)
PANAMA CITY -- Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega is nearly forgotten, languishing in a steamy jungle prison near the interoceanic canal while the country enjoys democracy and economic prosperity a quarter-century after the strongman was toppled by a U.S. military invasion...
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Speak Out 12/21/14
(Speak Out ~ 12/21/14)
Watch reindeer; Ferguson parents; Bus ran light; Police comment; Ferguson review; Coat return; Caller ID; Government shutdown; Limbaugh column; News coverage; Albino deer; History in football
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State tax credits encourage more motion media
(Column ~ 12/21/14)
As the upcoming session quickly approaches, dialogue has resumed regarding the state's tax credit program. Evaluation of the tax credit program in Missouri is long overdue. Although the legislature is required to pass a balanced budget each year, no legislative role is played in appropriating this $500 to 600 million annual program...
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Fil tax credits a raw deal for Missourians
(Column ~ 12/21/14)
Last fall, when Gone Girl began production, Cape Girardeau descended into a star-struck madness. All talk focused around the movie and the stars; Facebook and Instagram became flooded with celebrity sightings. ...
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Gerlach - Keys
(Engagement ~ 12/21/14)
Dave and Lisa Gerlach and John and Jerrie Heisserer of Cape Girardeau announce the engagement of their daughter, Merritt Elizabeth Gerlach, to Gabriel Miller Keys. He is the son of Eddy and Colleen Keys of Cape Girardeau. Merritt is a 2004 graduate of Central High School. She expects to receive a doctorate in nursing practice from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 2017. She is employed at Rice, Spaeth, Summers and Heisserer Law Firm...
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Thomas - 60 years
(Anniversary ~ 12/21/14)
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Thomas of Cape Girardeau celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary with an open house and dance at Port Cape Girardeau. Music was by Mary Okie of St. Louis. Hosts were their children, Gina Thomas (Cathy) of Cape Girardeau and Kelly (Dennis) Kern of New Hamburg, Missouri...
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Clark -- Beal
(Engagement ~ 12/21/14)
Michael Clark of Cape Girardeau and Rocky and Barbara Bender of Kennesaw, Georgia, announce the engagement of their daughter, Brittany Ann Clark, to Darrin Edwin Beal, both of Cape Girardeau. He is the son of Sue Beal of Advance, Missouri, and the late Larry Beal...
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Hiett -- Alley
(Wedding ~ 12/21/14)
Emily Lauren Hiett and Kyle Joseph Alley, both of Woodbury, Minnesota, were married May 24 at Deerfield Lodge. Mike Schupert performed the ceremony. Jenny Schade of Cape Girardeau was vocalist and Geri Beussink of Jackson was pianist. The bride is the daughter of Randy and Garia Hiett of Cape Girardeau. The groom is the son of Chris and Dawn Alley of Chesterfield, Missouri...
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Sutterer -- Lentz
(Wedding ~ 12/21/14)
Sarah Marie Sutterer and Steven Daniel Lentz, both of Friedheim, were married Aug. 9 at Immaculate Conception Church in Jackson. The Rev. John Harth performed the ceremony. Jane Oehl of Jackson was vocalist and Jerry Ganiel of Jackson was pianist. The bride is the daughter of Tim and Karen Sutterer of Fruitland. The groom is the son of Dan and Julea Lentz of Browning, Missouri...
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