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Candidates at odds on issues in District 147 state rep. race
(Local News ~ 10/13/18)
Republican state Rep. Kathy Swan and Democratic challenger Renita Green disagree on everything from how to draw legislative districts to medical marijuana. Swan of Cape Girardeau, who was first elected to the District 147 House seat in 2012, is seeking her fourth, two-year term in the Nov. 6 election...
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Former judge Marybelle Mueller dies; remembered as first female lawyer to serve as judge in Missouri
(Local News ~ 10/13/18)
Former Cape Girardeau County judge Marybelle Mueller, the first female lawyer to serve on the bench in Missouri, was remembered Friday as a judicial pioneer. Mueller of Jackson died Wednesday at Chateau Girardeau Health Center in Cape Girardeau. She was 91...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 10/13/18)
Today is Saturday, Oct. 13, the 286th day of 2018. There are 79 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 13, 1999, the Senate rejected the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, with 48 senators voting in favor and 51 against, far short of the 67 needed for ratification...
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Out of the past: Oct. 13
(Out of the Past ~ 10/13/18)
Beginning today, students at Southeast Missouri State University can hail a taxi and let someone else pick up part of the tab; a taxi coupon program, patterned after the city's successful venture, will provide students with subsidized transportation around town for the 1993-94 academic year...
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LeGrand - 60 years
(Anniversary ~ 10/13/18)
Ralph and Verneda LeGrand of Cape Girardeau will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary Sunday with a brunch with their family at Delmonico's Steakhouse in Jackson. The couple's children will host the celebration. LeGrand and the former Verneda Vandeven were married Oct. 11, 1958, at St. Anthony Catholic Church in Glennon, Missouri. The Rev. Quentin Hahn performed the ceremony. The maid of honor was Cecilia (Landewee) Glastetter and the best man was Tony LeGrand...
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Lappe - Thomas
(Engagement ~ 10/13/18)
Tom and Pam Lappe of Oak Ridge announce the engagement of their daughter, Amanda Lappe, to Brett Thomas. He is the son of David and Holly Thomas of Oak Ridge. Amanda is a graduate of Oak Ridge High School. She received a Master of Occupational Therapy from Maryville University in 2017. She is an occupational therapist at SSM Health Homeward Bound in St. Louis...
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Wiggins - Unverferth
(Engagement ~ 10/13/18)
Karl and Gena Wiggins of Topeka, Kansas, announce the engagement of their daughter, Jessica Nicole Wiggins, to Nicholas Adams Unverferth, both of Prairie Village, Kansas. Nicholas is the son of Michael and Gayle Unverferth of Cape Girardeau. Jessica received a Bachelor of Science degree in advertising and a Bachelor of Science in public relations from Southeast Missouri State University. She is a Senior Social Strategist at VMLY&R...
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Senior Center Menus for Oct. 15-19
(Community ~ 10/13/18)
Monday: Shepherd's pie or Polish sausage with potato, sauerkraut, Prince Edward veggies, whole-grain bread and sugar-free apple crisp or mixed berry crisp. Tuesday: Roast pork with gravy or teriyaki, au gratin potatoes, pickled beet salad, whole-grain hot roll and cinnamon applesauce or streusel cake...
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Umbrellas under a leaf
(Column ~ 10/13/18)
The tiny mushrooms I have photographed here are only about one and a half inches tall. I found them a few days after our last period of rain. One day I walked an area of sparse grass at the edge of a woods and saw no sign of these mushrooms. The next day I walked the same area and there were hundreds of them in several colonies...
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Adopt Sherman 10-14-18
(Community ~ 10/13/18)
Submitted by Safe Harbor Animal Sanctuary Sherman is a 2-year-old pure chocolate Lab in need of a loving forever home! He is available for adoption at Safe Harbor; call (573) 243-9823.
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Club news 10-14-18
(Community News ~ 10/13/18)
The Southeast District Fall FCE Meeting was held Oct. 4 at Temple Baptist Church in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, hosted by Butler County. Butler County was in charge of registration and morning refreshments. Shirley Kirkley, Southeast District Director from Poplar Bluff, presided. ...
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Learning briefs 10-14-18
(Community ~ 10/13/18)
Hannah Dodson, a senior at Notre Dame Regional High School, was recently named a Commended Student in the 2019 National Merit Scholarship program, according to a recent news release. Dodson is the daughter of Dr. Rob and Heather Dodson of Cape Girardeau. She is on the girls' volleyball team and manages the boys' volleyball team. She is a member of the National Honor Society, National Art Honor Society, National Spanish Honor Society and Future Business Leaders of America...
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FYI 10-14-18
(Community ~ 10/13/18)
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) has special prizes to offer at the Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center kids-only fishing pond, according to a recent news release. MDC fisheries biologists have stocked and tagged fish in the pond, adding a challenging twist to fishing with an opportunity for children to win prizes. Children who catch a tagged fish at the pond may turn it in at the nature center to collect a prize...
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Here's a nubby whole-wheat quick bread with scotch butter
(Community ~ 10/13/18)
I have been searching for this recipe for years. Early in my career, I worked with a girl who was originally from Ireland. Most weeks, she would make wheaten bread and bring it to the office with a stick of soft butter. I fell in love with it. It was so satisfying, a nubby whole-wheat quick bread made in a loaf pan, sliced thick and slathered with smooth butter. ...
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Court cases bring to light forgotten Southeast Missouri Baseball Association
(Column ~ 10/13/18)
Regional baseball teams in the Southeast Missouri region began as early as 1909. At that time, the Pemiscot Argus newspaper reported that nine teams were to be included in a proposed Southeast Missouri Baseball Association. It took another five years before the organization officially formed, in the spring of 1914. Cities that provided teams were Cape Girardeau, Sikeston, Portageville, Chaffee, Caruthersville and New Madrid...
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Finding solace in life's last quarter
(Column ~ 10/13/18)
I want to introduce you to Olivia. To borrow from a football motif, Olivia is not only in the last quarter of her life; she is in the final two minutes of the last quarter of her life. Her body is constantly riddled with pain. Her mind is a battleground of emotions. ...
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Psalm 22: When it feels like God has forsaken us
(Column ~ 10/13/18)
Most people are at least somewhat familiar with Psalm 23. Its pastoral and tranquil images of God as our shepherd easily captures our attention. Psalm 23 brings us comfort and assurance. The psalm placed directly before Psalm 23 is vastly different...
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Sponsored: Lovin' life in spite of lymphoma
(Local News ~ 10/13/18)
In her 11 years at The Dexter Statesman, managing editor Noreen Hyslop has written her fair share of news stories and features, ranging from personality features to city council meetings to cancer survivor victories to complicated court cases. Whatever the news of the day, Noreen was on it...
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We was a family
(Column ~ 10/13/18)
Saw a Western cartoon of a sheriff, an old cowboy on a horse and a pickup with a kid driving and he had to stand on the seat to see over the steering wheel. The caption was of the old cowboy telling the sheriff that the kid was too young to ride a horse so he had to drive the pickup. ...
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The sweet autumn treat: pumpkin
(Column ~ 10/13/18)
Pumpkin, pumpkin everywhere. As I wandered through the grocery store aisles there were numerous items for sale with pumpkin as the main theme. There were Pop Tarts, cookies, coffee creamer, and numerous baked good, all ready to welcome in pumpkin season...
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Prayer 10-14-18
(Prayer ~ 10/13/18)
O Father God, thank you for sending Jesus that we may have eternal life through Him. Amen.
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Area police report 10-14-18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/13/18)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWIs n Driving while intoxicated, no driver's license, failure to drive within a single lane and possession of a controlled substance were reported at 3100 Wisteria Drive. A suspect is in custody pending formal charges...
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Patricia Waterman
(Obituary ~ 10/13/18)
WATERLOO, Ill. -- Patricia J. Marchildon Waterman of Waterloo, formerly of Cairo, Illinois, died Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018, in St. Louis. Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Quernheim Funeral Home in Waterloo. Visitation will continue from 8 to 9 a.m. Monday at St. John United Church of Christ in Maeystown, Illinois...
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John Vogt
(Obituary ~ 10/13/18)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- John Vogt, 57, of Perryville died Friday, Oct. 12, 2018, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. A celebration of life will be held at 1 p.m. Oct. 27 at Mercantile Store in Old Appleton. Young and Sons Funeral Home in Perryville provided the arrangements...
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Marybelle Mueller
(Obituary ~ 10/13/18)
Marybelle Dailey Mueller of Jackson died Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 16, 1927, in Chillicothe, Missouri, to Ernest Woollen and Margaret Lloyd Keiper Dailey. She and Paul A. Mueller Jr. were married June 23, 1951, at Albuquerque, New Mexico. He preceded her in death March 12, 1986...
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Harvey Meyer
(Obituary ~ 10/13/18)
** Harvey Meyer Harvey L. Meyer, 79, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Oct. 12, 2018, at Lutheran Home. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Crain Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Cape Girardeau.
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Robert Lewis
(Obituary ~ 10/13/18)
LAQUEY, Mo. -- Robert "Bob" Lewis, 76, of Laquey and formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018, at his home, surrounded by his loving family. A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. Monday in Missouri State Veterans Cemetery at Waynesville, with military honors to follow...
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Rowland Julian
(Obituary ~ 10/13/18)
Rowland L. Julian, 92, of Cape Girardeau passed away Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018, at Lutheran Home. He was born Oct. 1, 1925, in Jackson, Michigan. He and Alice Sanders were married Oct. 7, 1978. She passed away June 21, 2005. Rowland was raised by his grandmother in Michigan. ...
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Melanie Jordan
(Obituary ~ 10/13/18)
Melanie Elizabeth Jordan, 47, of Jackson died Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018. She was born Jan. 3, 1971, in Cape Girardeau to Beverly Austin. She and Vincent Jordan were married Sept. 15, 2001, at Cape Girardeau. Survivors include her husband, Vincent Jordan of Jackson; mother, Beverly Austin of Jackson; two daughters, Morgan Petzoldt of Mountain View, Arkansas, and Kelsey Payne of Seattle; and two brothers, Mark Payne of Jackson and Michael Payne of Orange, Massachusetts...
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Robert Burnum
(Obituary ~ 10/13/18)
** Robert Burnum Robert Douglas Burnum, 60, of Scott City died Thursday, Oct. 11, 2108, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.
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U.S. pastor released from house arrest, leaves Turkey
(International News ~ 10/13/18)
IZMIR, Turkey -- An American pastor flew out of Turkey on Friday after a Turkish court convicted him of terror links but freed him from house arrest, removing a major irritant in fraught ties between two NATO allies still strained by disagreements over Syria, Iran and a host of other issues...
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Trump-Xi talks raises hope for thaw in trade war
(International News ~ 10/13/18)
BEIJING -- With China and the United States opening the door to a meeting next month between Presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump, hopes are rising for a potential easing of tensions in the trade war between the world's two largest economies. Worries about the increased tariffs the two sides have imposed on each other's goods have contributed to this week's dizzying volatility in financial markets. ...
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Still no U.S. ambassadors in Saudi Arabia, Turkey
(National News ~ 10/13/18)
WASHINGTON -- The disappearance of journalist and U.S. resident Jamal Khashoggi after visiting a Saudi consulate in Turkey has thrown the large number of diplomatic vacancies under President Donald Trump into the spotlight -- notably in Turkey and Saudi Arabia. It's a gap the administration says it has been trying to fix but with limited success...
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Trump vows to unearth truth about Khashoggi disappearance
(National News ~ 10/13/18)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump declared Friday the U.S. will uncover the truth about what happened to journalist and U.S. resident Jamal Khashoggi, whose possible murder at Saudi hands after disappearing in Istanbul has captured worldwide attention. Trump promised to personally call Saudi Arabia's King Salman soon about "the terrible situation in Turkey."...
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Black legislator quits amid racist threats
(National News ~ 10/13/18)
BENNINGTON, Vt. -- Voters in this very liberal, very white state made Kiah Morris a pioneer when in 2014 they elected her as its first black female legislator. Two years later, another Vermont surfaced: racist threats eventually forcing her to leave office in fear and frustration...
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Shepard's murder haunts Wyoming 20 years later
(National News ~ 10/13/18)
LARAMIE, Wyo. -- When two roofing workers beat a young gay man to death in Wyoming in 1998, the gruesome crime quickly reverberated around the U.S. and turned the sandy-haired college student into a powerful symbol of the quest for acceptance and equal rights...
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Ponzi scheme suspect paid $720K for prayers amid securities probe
(National News ~ 10/13/18)
GREENBELT, Md. -- An investment adviser charged with orchestrating a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme spent nearly three-quarters of a million dollars on prayers by Hindu priests in India to ward off a federal investigation and save her failing business, according to testimony at her trial this week...
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Purging long-forgotten online accounts: Worth the trouble?
(National News ~ 10/13/18)
NEW YORK -- The internet is riddled with long-forgotten accounts on social media, dating apps and various shopping sites used once or twice. Sure, you should delete all those unused logins and passwords. And eat your vegetables. And go to the gym. But is it even possible to delete your zombie online footprints -- or worth your time to do so?...
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U.S. asks C. America to do more on illegal immigration
(National News ~ 10/13/18)
WASHINGTON -- Vice President Mike Pence told leaders of three Central American countries Thursday the U.S. is ready to do more to help their economies if they make a greater effort to fight illegal immigration. "If you do more, I'm here to say on behalf of the president of the United States and the American people, we'll do more," Pence said as he opened a conference at the State Department...
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Melania: Loves Trump, ignores rumors
(National News ~ 10/13/18)
WASHINGTON -- Melania Trump says she loves President Donald Trump and has "much more important things to think about" than allegations he cheated on her with a porn star, a Playboy Playmate or anyone else. Mrs. Trump, who was interviewed by ABC while touring Africa last week, said people are just spreading rumors about her marriage...
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Unions sue over change to Missouri state employee law
(State News ~ 10/13/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- State employee unions are suing to block a new Missouri law giving administrators greater leeway in hiring, firing and promoting some state workers. The unions announced the lawsuit Wednesday. Unions involved include the Service Employees International Union, Communications Workers of America and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees...
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Missouri farmer led organic fraud scheme
(State News ~ 10/13/18)
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- Three farmers who pleaded guilty Friday in a large-scale organic grain fraud scheme were lured into participation by a Missouri businessman who was its mastermind, a defense lawyer said. The farmers "convinced themselves to look the other way" while Randy Constant marketed the non-organic corn and soybeans they grew in Overton, Nebraska, as certified organic, attorney Clarence Mock said. ...
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Missouri voters must decide on 3 medical marijuana plans
(State News ~ 10/13/18)
ST. LOUIS -- Missouri supporters of medical marijuana will have their say in the November election. The only question: Do they cast a yes vote once, twice or three times? Thanks to successful petition drives for three competing proposals, all three are on the ballot. Two would amend the Missouri Constitution; the other would simply change state law...
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SEMO's Coach Tuke reminds his team about the process
(Column ~ 10/13/18)
It's easy to focus on results, particularly in sports. It's not to say winning isn't important, because it is. We root for our favorite team to score the most points or make a big defensive play. But winning is the result, not the driver. Last week the Southeast Missouri State football team faced conference foe Tennessee Tech and scored a school record 70 points in their lopsided win. ...
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Going beneath the surface
(Community ~ 10/13/18)
Imagine a duck, roving itself through the water. Above the surface, the duck is seemingly gliding, flawlessly; below the surface, its little feet are rapidly sifting through calm or crazy water, whether you can see it or not. This is the analogy Sheree Pursley gave when talking about her and her family's last decade of life, living with dwarfism...
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Official: Searchers find bodies in hurricane-stricken town
(National News ~ 10/13/18)
MEXICO BEACH, Fla. -- Search-and-rescue teams found at least one body in Mexico Beach, the ground-zero town nearly obliterated by Hurricane Michael, an official said Friday as the scale of the storm's fury became ever clearer. The death toll across the South stood at 14 including the victim discovered in Mexico Beach...
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Historic architecture
(Community ~ 10/13/18)
BOSTON -- What does it take to make a 17th century house livable today? Ask Barbara Kurze, who lives at the James Blake House, which the Boston Landmarks Commission says is the oldest house in Boston. The five-room, two-level house was built in 1661 by Blake, an English immigrant, in Dorchester, now a neighborhood of Boston. Kurze was offered the chance to become live-in caretaker of the property, owned by the Dorchester Historical Society...
- Captured on Film (Community ~ 10/13/18)
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