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HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: Jackson baseball cruises past Seckman
(High School Sports ~ 05/05/16)
Gavon Turner hit a double and drove in three runs, as the Jackson baseball team knocked off visiting Seckman 11-6 on Wednesday. Jarrett Newell was the winning pitcher for Jackson (15-11). He threw six innings and allowed six runs (three earned) on eight hits. He had five strikeouts and walked four batters. Braeden Dobbs pitched the final inning to get the save and also doubled and batted in two runs for the Indians...
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Rezound! Handbell Ensemble to Perform in Cape Girardeau
(Submitted Story ~ 05/05/16)
REZOUND! HANDBELL ENSEMBLE TO PERFORM AT GRACE UNITED METHODIST Rezound!, Kansas City’s auditioned community handbell ensemble, will be in concert at Grace United Methodist in Cape Girardeau on Saturday, June 18, at 7 p.m. This special engagement is the kickoff concert for the ensemble’s 2016 Tour to Ring in the Land of Lincoln...
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St. Michael Group House Champion for 2015-2016 at Guardian Angel School, Oran
(Submitted Story ~ 05/05/16)
Throughout the school year, the students of Guardian Angel School in Oran, Missouri, have been doing good deeds, wearing the house color on designated dates and playing in house game competitions to earn points for their archangel house. The points recently were totaled and the winner was announced. St. Michael's house is the house champion for the 2015-2016 school year. On Wednesday, May 4, the house was honored and the members enjoyed pizza and an extra recess...
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Delta Elementary Students Receive Free Books
(Submitted Story ~ 05/05/16)
Students in grades first, second, third and fourth at Delta Elementary school all received free books thanks to their classroom teachers who registered with FirstBook.org and attended the free book distribution held in Cape Girardeau on May 5. ...
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Guardian Angel Junior Beta Collects Can Tabs
(Submitted Story ~ 05/05/16)
The Junior Beta of Guardian Angel School in Oran, Missouri, coordinated a drive for collecting can tabs throughout the school year. The money earned from the recycling will be given to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
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Valiant effort by Oran softball falls short as Scott City powers to third straight district title
(High School Sports ~ 05/05/16)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- It was a dream first inning for Oran and certainly not one that dreams are made of for Scott City. But a game is seven innings, and the Rams can swing the bats. The second-seeded Eagles jumped out 3-0 after one inning, but top-seeded Scott City bounced back to score seven runs in the final five innings, smacking three home runs -- including a sixth-inning solo shot off the bat of Jamie Glastetter for what turned out to be the game-winning run -- in a 7-6 victory to win the Class 1 District 4 softball championship on Wednesday at Woodland High School.. ...
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Improvements planned this summer for several Jackson parks
(Local News ~ 05/05/16)
As part of an ongoing improvement plan, several Jackson parks will be getting updates this summer. The first is the scheduled completion of the new disc-golf course that was installed earlier this year. "We've had a bunch of positive feedback and reviews so far," Jackson's Parks and Recreation director, Shane Anderson, said...
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Nixon vetoes bill to cap school funding goal
(State News ~ 05/05/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon vetoed a measure Wednesday that would cap the targets state government uses to fund public K-12 schools, chiding legislators for approving a "broken promise" to students he said will pave the way for them to enact more tax breaks...
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Gifted program out at Central High; officials say advanced classes make program redundant
(Local News ~ 05/05/16)
A long-standing program for gifted students is going away at Cape Girardeau Central High School, officials said. "We have had it for quite a very long time," said Chris Kase, the high school's principal. However, now that the teacher in charge of the program will be retiring by the end of the school year, Kase said the opportunity arose at the district level to re-evaluate how educational services are being delivered to academically talented students...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 05/05/16)
Today is Thursday, May 5, the 126th day of 2016. There are 240 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 5, 1866, the town of Waterloo, New York, observed a day honoring the fallen soldiers of the Civil War. (Although a proclamation signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1966 recognizes this observance as the first Memorial Day, the claim is disputed by other communities who say they were the first to create a holiday commemorating America's war dead.)...
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University welcomes new president at inauguration
(Editorial ~ 05/05/16)
Southeast Missouri State University will hold the inauguration of its 18th president, Dr. Carlos Vargas, tonight at the Show Me Center. Vargas officially began his duties July 1. Since then, he has gained a reputation for being approachable, student-centered and collaborative...
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Mom crafts book from pearls of wisdom for new grads
(Community ~ 05/05/16)
NEW YORK -- Becky Blades wrote her oldest daughter a letter after she left home for college offering all the advice and words of wisdom she wished she had dispensed beforehand. Her daughter had some advice of her own: Turn the letter into a book. Blades, who lives in Kansas City, Missouri, did just that and the result is a nifty, gifty little book titled, "Do Your Laundry or You'll Die Alone," out this month from Sourcebooks...
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Affidavit reveals details of Navajo girl's kidnapping death
(National News ~ 05/05/16)
SHIPROCK, N.M. -- On the far side of a desert hilltop in the shadow of the Shiprock Pinnacle, a towering monolith sacred to the Navajo Nation, the stranger ignored the cries of an 11-year-old girl. Hours had passed since the man had talked the girl and her brother into his van by promising to show them a movie...
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Attorney: Prince arranged to meet addiction doctor
(Entertainment ~ 05/05/16)
MINNEAPOLIS -- The day before Prince died, his representatives reached out to a California doctor who specializes in addiction treatment to arrange a meeting, a Minneapolis lawyer for the doctor said Wednesday. Attorney William Mauzy said Dr. Howard Kornfeld had never met or spoken to Prince before Prince's representatives contacted him April 20 with the musician's knowledge. ...
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Diamond the size of a tennis ball could fetch $70 million
(Entertainment ~ 05/05/16)
LONDON -- It's a rock for the ages. A 3-billion-year-old diamond the size of a tennis ball -- the largest discovered in over a century -- could sell for more than $70 million, auctioneer Sotheby's said Wednesday. The auction house plans to offer the Lesedi la Rona diamond in London on June 29...
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Air bag recall to grow by up to 40 million
(National News ~ 05/05/16)
WASHINGTON -- Takata will recall another 35 million to 40 million air-bag inflators, an increase that will more than double what already is the largest automotive recall in American history, the federal government announced Wednesday. The recall expansion would bring to as many as 69 million the total number of inflators to be replaced, a gargantuan task the government predicts will take until the end of 2019 to complete...
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Prince's death: The view from front lines of drug epidemic
(National News ~ 05/05/16)
NEW YORK -- On the front lines of America's fight against a drug-abuse epidemic, there have been emotional, sometimes contradictory reactions to news investigators are looking into whether Prince died of an overdose. Those engaged in the fight said a celebrity's death can help raise awareness of the problems yet overshadow the other victims dying by the hundreds every week...
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Judge: Clinton may be ordered to testify in records case
(National News ~ 05/05/16)
WASHINGTON -- A federal judge said Wednesday he may order Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton to testify under oath about whether she used a private email server as secretary of state to evade public-records disclosures. U.S. District Court Judge Emmet G. Sullivan signed an order granting a request from the conservative legal advocacy group Judicial Watch to question six current and former State Department staffers about the creation and purpose of the private email system...
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Slain Navy SEAL took lessons from running track into combat
(National News ~ 05/05/16)
PHOENIX -- In cross-country running, your team is only as fast as your slowest athlete. Slain Navy SEAL Charlie Keating IV took that to heart in his youth as a track star, turning around to cheer on his teammates after he crossed the finish line. Those who knew Keating said that force of character motivated him in northern Iraq, where the 31-year-old was killed Tuesday in a gunfight with Islamic State militants. ...
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Obama tells Flint residents: 'I've got your back'
(National News ~ 05/05/16)
FLINT, Mich. -- Sipping filtered city water to show it's again drinkable, President Barack Obama promised Wednesday to ride herd on leaders at all levels of government until every drop of water flowing into homes in Flint, Michigan, is safe to use. He also promised the aging pipes that contaminated the water with lead will be replaced but cautioned the project will take time...
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U.S.: LGBT law violates civil rights
(National News ~ 05/05/16)
RALEIGH, N.C. -- A North Carolina law limiting protections to LGBT people violates federal civil-rights laws and can't be enforced, the U.S. Justice Department said Wednesday. The edict put the state on notice it is in danger of being sued and losing hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding...
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Trump's open path to nomination causes agony for some in GOP
(National News ~ 05/05/16)
WASHINGTON -- Donald Trump's last Republican foe, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, ended his presidential campaign Wednesday, cementing Trump's triumph as his party's presumptive nominee and launching him toward a likely fall battle with Hillary Clinton. Some reluctant Republicans began to rally around Trump, but others agonized over their party's future...
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Residents evacuated as fires threaten Canada oil sands town
(International News ~ 05/05/16)
FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta -- A raging wildfire emptied Canada's main oil-sands city, destroying entire neighborhoods of Fort McMurray, Alberta, where officials warned Wednesday all efforts to suppress the fire have failed. About 88,000 residents evacuated as flames moved into the city surrounded by wilderness in the heart of Canada's oil sands...
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Blues' Upshall, Hitchcock keep nervous eye on Canadian fire
(Professional Sports ~ 05/05/16)
ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis Blues forward Scottie Upshall has numerous family members who live in Fort McMurray, Alberta, including a brother and his fiancee, plus aunts, uncles and nieces. Playing Game 3 against the Dallas Stars in the second round of the playoffs was a welcome diversion from thoughts about the devastation wrought by a raging wildfire that has forced the evacuation of about 88,000 residents from the city surrounded by wilderness in the heart of Canada's oil sands region...
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Robot stitches tissue by itself
(National News ~ 05/05/16)
WASHINGTON -- Getting stitched up by Dr. Robot may one day be reality: Scientists have created a robotic system that did just that in living animals without a real doctor pulling the strings. Much like engineers are designing self-driving cars, Wednesday's research is part of a move toward autonomous surgical robots, removing the surgeon's hands from certain tasks that a machine might perform all by itself...
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Suit: Louisiana voter registration law is discriminatory
(National News ~ 05/05/16)
BATON ROUGE, La. -- A century-old Louisiana law discriminates against foreign-born, naturalized U.S. citizens by arbitrarily subjecting them to "heightened" voter-registration requirements that don't apply to native-born citizens, civil-rights groups claim in a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday...
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SOUTHEAST ROUNDUP: Lees named to Johnny Bench Award watch list
(College Sports ~ 05/05/16)
Southeast Missouri State catcher Brian Lees has joined 100 other college catchers on the Johnny Bench Award watch list. Lees was one of 15 catches added to the list Wednesday, which brings the total to a record 101 catchers. The junior transfer from the University of Akron has started 36 games behind the plate during his first season at Southeast...
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Out of the past: May 5
(Out of the Past ~ 05/05/16)
Artist Fred Lincoln visits Cape Girardeau with his rendering of the floodwall mural, which, if approved by the city council Monday, will be painted on the Mississippi River side of the wall. A thunderstorm blows through Cape Girardeau early in the day, knocking down several trees and limbs; wind gusts of 60 miles per hour are recorded, with the overall constant wind speed being about 40 mph; some power outages are reported...
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Judith Huck
(Obituary ~ 05/05/16)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Judith M. Huck, 67, of Perryville died May 4, 2016, at her home. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at Miller Family Funeral Home in Perryville. The funeral will be at noon Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery...
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Danny Honey
(Obituary ~ 05/05/16)
MOUNDS, Ill. -- Danny Honey, 61, of Mounds died suddenly Tuesday, May 3, 2016, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Graveside services will be at 4 p.m. Friday at St. John's Cemetery, with Terry Honey officiating. Friends and family are asked to meet at the cemetery...
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Marvin Dohogne
(Obituary ~ 05/05/16)
Marvin "Butch" Dohogne, 72, of Scott City died on May 4, 2016, after a brief but courageous battle with cancer. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Lightner Cemetery in Scott City...
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Chris Cauble
(Obituary ~ 05/05/16)
NIXA, Mo. -- Chris Cauble, 47, of Nixa, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Sunday, May 1, 2016. A memorial service will be at 3 p.m. today at James River Church, South Campus Clark Chapel in Ozark, Missouri. Adams Funeral Home in Nixa is in charge of arrangements...
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Jackson police report 5/5/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/05/16)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Assault n An assault was reported in the 200 block of North West Lane. Property damage n Property damage was reported in the area of Veterans Memorial Drive. Miscellaneous n An assist was requested in the 700 block of Brown Street...
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Cape Girardeau police report 5/5/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/05/16)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI n Sydney M. Rapp, 21, 1301 Bertling St., was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated and failure to drive within a single lane at Broadway and Clark Avenue...
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Laboratory advance provides view of early embryo development
(National News ~ 05/05/16)
NEW YORK -- New lab techniques have provided the first good look at a crucial but mysterious stage in the development of human embryos, scientists reported Wednesday. The researchers said follow-up research might eventually lead to new treatments for infertility and perhaps new forms of birth control...
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University of Missouri projects low freshman enrollment
(State News ~ 05/05/16)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The University of Missouri will have the smallest class of new students this fall since 2006, according to recent projections that show the loss of new enrollments could be 50 percent or higher than previous predictions. Interim vice provost for enrollment management, Barbara Rupp, said that as of last week, more than 4,700 students had paid a $300 enrollment deposit, which was refundable through Sunday. ...
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Bird flu forces slaughter of 39K turkeys at Missouri farm
(State News ~ 05/05/16)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A southwestern Missouri turkey farm where bird flu was found remains quarantined after 39,000 of its birds were destroyed last week as a precaution, agricultural officials said Wednesday. The H5N1 strain of the virus, detected during a routine inspection last week, is weaker than the H5N2 strain that cost turkey and egg producers in Missouri and 14 other states about 48 million birds last year. ...
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Missouri Legislature passes photo ID requirement for voters
(State News ~ 05/05/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Legislature has passed a requirement for voters to show photo identification. The House voted 112-38 Wednesday to send the legislation to Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon. Under the measure, people without photo identification could cast a ballot after signing a statement saying they don't have the required identification and can show some other form of identifying document...
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Missouri voters could decide on campaign contribution limits
(State News ~ 05/05/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri voters could decide whether to re-impose limits on the large amounts of money flowing to political candidates and committees. Supporters of campaign contribution limits said Wednesday they had submitted more than 272,000 petition signatures to try to get a proposed constitutional amendment on the November ballot...
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Missouri House votes to override veto on public union dues
(State News ~ 05/05/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri House voted Wednesday for legislation that would change how public union members pay dues, the first step to overriding a veto by Gov. Jay Nixon. Instead of automatically paying union dues and fees through paycheck withholdings as is done currently, public employees would have to reauthorize those withholdings each year...
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Holliday's single gives Cards walk-off win over Phillies
(Professional Sports ~ 05/05/16)
ST. LOUIS -- Matt Holliday's RBI single with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning gave the St. Louis Cardinals a 5-4 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday night. The Cardinals had lost five of their last six games while the Phillies had won seven of eight and 10 of 12...
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State auditor still gathering cybersecurity data at Cape public schools
(Local News ~ 05/05/16)
Auditors for the state of Missouri are testing cybersecurity safeguards in the Cape Girardeau School District. The process began March 21, and the on-site portion was expected to take six to seven weeks. But according to the state auditor’s office, staff still are completing the information-gathering part of the audit...
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Dexter teen struck by car, dies
(Local News ~ 05/05/16)
DEXTER, Mo. — A 13-year-old was struck by a car and killed Monday afternoon in Dexter. According to reports, Tristan “Chase” Morrison, a student at T.S. Hill Middle School in Dexter, was hit by a car at the intersection of West Grant and South Sassafras streets between 3:30 and 3:45 p.m. Morrison was taken to a hospital, where he later died...
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Cape Girardeau Air Show ready to take to the skies May 11
(Local News ~ 05/05/16)
The skies above the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport will be the scene of fast-paced, dazzling aerial performances Wednesday, featuring the Canadian armed forces’ famed Snowbirds air demonstration squadron. Gates will open at 2:30 p.m. for the Cape Girardeau Air Show. Admission is free...
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Closed-records bill has no chance to become law, state senator says
(Local News ~ 05/05/16)
A Missouri House bill to close law-enforcement records to the public has no chance of passage in the Senate, Sen. Wayne Wallingford, R-Cape Girardeau, said Wednesday. On April 28, the House passed the measure by a vote of 129-9 that would make police reports of suicide or attempted suicide closed records...
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Cop helps find man's lost marijuana
(National News ~ 05/05/16)
ALLIANCE, Ohio -- A man who got a police officer's help to find a bit of marijuana lost in his yard was charged with misdemeanor drug abuse. The patrolman's body-camera video shows an intoxicated man admitting he lost the drug. The officer says he doesn't want children to find it, then locates it in the grass. The man asks whether he'd throw it back on the ground. The officer refuses. Police said the officer had found the man stumbling along the road and tried to get him home safely...
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Learning briefs 5/5/16
(Community ~ 05/05/16)
Laurie Clippard, daughter of Carla Clippard and the late Tim Clippard of Jackson, graduated from Southeast Missouri State University in December with a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing. Clippard is employed as a registered nurse in the neuroscience unit at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau...
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Hooked on Science: Glue stick sunset
(Community ~ 05/05/16)
n Full-size glue stick n Flashlight n STEP 1: Hold the flashlight close to one end of the glue stick. n STEP 2: Turn on the flashlight and observe. What happens to the light as it travels through the glue stick? Is the glue stick transparent, translucent or opaque?...
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PTSD and service dogs
(Column ~ 05/05/16)
Everyone is familiar with dogs trained to assist and guide the blind, but most are unaware of how many patients with other medical conditions are getting assistance from trained dogs, known generally as service dogs. It is evident the dogs are trained to react to specific situations, but the question has been raised as to whether reliance on the dogs is interfering with the veteran overcoming the disability...
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Prayer 5/5/16
(Prayer ~ 05/05/16)
O God, thank you for the beauty that surrounds us, a great display of your creation. Amen.
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The gig of all gigs
(Community ~ 05/05/16)
A 12-year-old student in Marble Hill, Missouri, Brookelynn Shell would be a typical sixth-grader if not for one key element: the voice that lives inside her. It's the same voice that's driven her since she was a toddler in a carseat -- "Even then, I was in love with music," she said -- and now it's the voice that will propel her to none other than Carnegie Hall's coveted stage in New York...
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John 'J.D.' Clippard
(Obituary ~ 05/05/16)
John David "J.D." Clippard, 13, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, May 2, 2016. He was born July 8, 2002, in Cape Girardeau and is the son of Mark and Kari Simon and John Clippard. J.D. was in the eighth grade at Cape Girardeau Central Junior High School. ...
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