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Missouri State Highway Patrol assigns 2 graduates to Troop E
(Local News ~ 12/28/19)
Members of Missouri State Highway Patrol’s 108th Recruit Class graduated from the Patrol Academy on Dec. 20, and in a Thursday news release, Capt. Philip E. Gregory announced two of those graduates have been assigned to Troop E, which covers Southeast Missouri...
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Thank you, Cape Girardeau
(Column ~ 12/28/19)
Thank you Cape Girardeau. This is probably the hardest column I have ever had to write because it will be my last. It is not about gardening, but it is about you, members of this community who have made my career in gardening so memorable and for the support of my family. In a sense you have gardened me...
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Annual Christmas costume contest lets family 'Go big or go home!'
(Local News ~ 12/28/19)
For the Enderles, it isn’t a holiday party without a little creativity and friendly competition. For nearly 20 years, Scott Enderle and his father, Steve, of Cape Girardeau have hosted holiday parties with a clear dress code: a costume according to the chosen theme. ...
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Downtown Cape building to house talent services company
(Local News ~ 12/28/19)
At 33 N. Ellis St. in Cape Girardeau, a transformation is underway. A building formerly home to a pool supply company is shedding paneling, carpet and old paint to make way for a talent representation and media production company: Top Talent Services LLC, set to open Wednesday...
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Medical-marijuana-cultivation facilities in Southeast Missouri among those approved by state
(Local News ~ 12/28/19)
It appears medical-grade marijuana will be grown in or near several Southeast Missouri communities, but not in the Cape Girardeau or Jackson areas. Missouri’s Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) released a list late Thursday of 60 approved applications from among more than 500 that had been submitted earlier this year from those interested in cultivating marijuana as part of the state’s medical marijuana program approved by Missouri voters in November 2018...
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Like President Trump, Sen. Hawley defines a new conservative approach to governing
(Column ~ 12/28/19)
Much of what President Donald Trump gets criticized for publicly is his style. His opponents dislike the tweets and his counter-punch approach to politics. Does he make politically incorrect or even ill-advised comments? Sure. But it shouldn't be a surprise to anyone. Voters knew this before they elected him...
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A look back at the unusual from 2019
(Local News ~ 12/28/19)
We all need an occasional break from the hard news of the day. Thankfully, 2019 provided its share of lighter moments. A few of them: If your heart doesn’t warm to an otherwise normal, happy little furball with a tail growing out of its forehead, neither we nor Narwhal can help you. ...
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Be there: Business events
(B Magazine ~ 12/28/19)
7 p.m. to 1 a.m. Drury Plaza Hotel Cape Girardeau Conference Center 3351 Percy Drive Cape Girardeau Celebrate 10 years of giving to St. Jude at Cape Girardeau's biggest New Year's Eve party. Tickets are $75 per individual and $800 for a reserved table with up to 10 people. Tickets include dinner catered by The Southerner, draft beer, entertainment by The Intention and a champagne toast at midnight. For more details, visit facebook.com/StJudeNewYearsEveBenefit/...
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2019 in Photos: Our photojournalists share their best images of the year
(Local News ~ 12/28/19)
As photojournalists, we witness firsthand the joy, and sometimes the heartache, of those in the communities we cover. This year was no exception. These camera-yielding journalists have a responsibility of being there and being ready to capture moments as they happen. People trust us with their stories and allow us to be present for these glimpses of their lives as they unfold...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 12/28/19)
Today is Saturday, Dec. 28, the 362nd day of 2019. There are three days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 28, 1945, Congress officially recognized the Pledge of Allegiance. On this date: In 1612, Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei observed the planet Neptune, but mistook it for a star. (Neptune wasn't officially discovered until 1846 by Johann Gottfried Galle.)...
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Out of the past: Dec. 28
(Out of the Past ~ 12/28/19)
Paul Sander has announced he will seek a second term as Jackson mayor; Sander, 39, served seven years on the Jackson Board of Aldermen before he was elected mayor in 1993, defeating 11-term incumbent Carlton "Cotton" Meyer. MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- In a county that routinely defeats incumbent officeholders, Dale Bollinger has survived six elections over the last 24 years as Bollinger County collector; but at age 65, satisfied he has served the people efficiently and effectively in public office, Bollinger has decided its time to do something new.. ...
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Desperately seeking green
(Column ~ 12/28/19)
Winter is the season when the woods are most drab in Southeast Missouri. Of course there are still many colors out there, but most of them are not bright and cheery. I ventured out Dec. 22 looking for a cheerful picture. A few cedar trees had some good color, but seemed too common. I found some non-native Japanese honeysuckle holding onto green leaves and vines. I found some tufts of wild garlic and green grass. None of those brightened my mood...
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FYI 12-29-19
(Community ~ 12/28/19)
Guardian Angel PCCW of Oran will host a sausage and ham breakfast to support the mission work for the Adorers of the Blood of Christ. The breakfast will be Jan. 5 at Guardian Angel School gym in Oran, Missouri. The meal will be served from 8 a.m. to noon...
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Adopt Marley
(Community ~ 12/28/19)
Submitted by Safe Harbor Animal Sanctuary Marley is a 10 year old Wheaten & a very sweet guy. All he needs is a loving home! He is available for adoption at Safe Harbor; call (573) 243-9823.
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Club news 12-29-19
(Community News ~ 12/28/19)
Mary Klaproth installed Family and Community Education officers at the recent December council meeting. They are Agnes Wachter, president; Donna Woolsey, vice president; JoAnn Hahs, secretary and reporter; and Betty Dellinger standing in for Barbara Barks who was absent, treasurer. Submitted by Mary Klaproth
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Generation to generation
(Column ~ 12/28/19)
I usually get up first each morning, and two things are a toss up as to which is first. If the necessity isn't real bad, coffee comes first. After my first couple coffees, Marge and I go out and feed the cats and grain the steers. It doesn't take very long, but it gets their day started off right. I always figure on a cold morning some grain gets the juices flowing and they can warm up easier...
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Senior Center menus for Dec. 30 through Jan. 3
(Community ~ 12/28/19)
Monday: Glazed ham slice or BBQ riblet, scalloped potatoes, green beans, whole-grain hot roll and cinnamon applesauce or pudding and cookies. Tuesday: Chicken Parmesan with pasta and sauce or country fried steak and potatoes, Italian-blend veggies, seasoned corn, whole-grain bread (garlic) and tropical fruit or cherry cheesecake...
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The historic Sherwood-Minton House: First a school, 1846
(Column ~ 12/28/19)
During the Christmas season, it was indeed a pleasure to visit one of Cape Girardeau's oldest and most historic homes. As I approached the original 8-foot door decorated with festive wreathe and greenery, it was opened by the present owner, Charles Kent. Obviously very interested in the home's preservation, he ushered me throughout, pointing out features going back throughout its illustrious history...
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Contentment is learned
(Column ~ 12/28/19)
The Rev. Charles Stanley said, "Contentment isn't something that comes naturally: It is learned." I had never heard contentment explained in this way so I read on about the meaning of contentment. Stanley talks about contentment as if it were learned in a classroom environment and he asks, "What kind of classroom do you think God uses?" and says , "It's not in the midst of comfort and ease that we sense gratification most profoundly, but in situations that cause us to be troubled, fearful and anxious." "What an interesting perspective that is," I thought, but it made sense to me.. ...
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Southeast Missouri State University Fall 2019 dean's list
(Local News ~ 12/28/19)
The following students were named to the Southeast Missouri State University fall semester dean's list. Advance, Missouri: Taylor Birk, Addie Curtis, Tammy Moore, Jessica Niedbalski, Erica Overton, Deborah Proffer, Jessica Robinson, Alicia Sullinger, Vicky Throgmorton, Taylor Vangennip, Dalton Wilson...
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Recalling the Battle of the Bulge
(Column ~ 12/28/19)
Seventy-five years ago, at the Battle of the Bulge (fought from Dec. 16, 1944, to Jan. 25, 1945), the United States suffered more casualties than in any other battle in its history. Some 19,000 Americans were killed, 47,500 wounded and 23,000 reported missing...
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Prayer 12-29-19
(Prayer ~ 12/28/19)
O Father God, may we enjoy one moment at a time. Amen.
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Radio host Don Imus, made and betrayed by his mouth, dead at 79
(National News ~ 12/28/19)
NEW YORK -- Radio personality Don Imus, whose career was made and then undone by his acid tongue during a decades-long rise to stardom and an abrupt public plunge after a nationally broadcast racial slur, has died. He was 79. Imus died Friday morning at Baylor Scott and White Medical Center in College Station, Texas, after being hospitalized since Christmas Eve, according to a statement issued by his family. ...
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Navy SEALs call Edward Gallagher 'evil' in leaked videos
(National News ~ 12/28/19)
SAN DIEGO -- Navy SEALs described their platoon leader, retired Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher, as "evil," "toxic" and "perfectly OK with killing anybody that was moving," in video footage of interviews obtained by The New York Times. Gallagher's war crimes case earlier this year gained national attention after President Donald Trump intervened on his behalf despite strong objections from Pentagon leaders who said the president's move could damage the integrity of the military judicial system. ...
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Venezuela's poorest struggle to take care of their dead
(National News ~ 12/28/19)
MARACAIBO, Venezuela -- The last time anybody in Nerio Garcia's family heard his voice was on a crackly call from jail outside Maracaibo, Venezuela's second city. He called from a borrowed cellphone, pleading to his brother for help. "Tell Mother to bring me some food," Garcia, 29, said in the 2 a.m. call, relatives later recounted...
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Court upholds creation of national monument in Atlantic
(National News ~ 12/28/19)
PORTLAND, Maine -- A federal appeals court on Friday upheld former President Barack Obama's designation of a federally protected conservation area in the Atlantic Ocean, a move commercial fishermen oppose. Fishing groups sued over the creation of Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, a 5,000-square-mile area that contains fragile deep-sea corals and vulnerable species of marine life. The monument was established in 2016...
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UN condemns human rights abuses against Myanmar's Rohingya
(International News ~ 12/28/19)
UNITED NATIONS -- The U.N. General Assembly approved a resolution Friday strongly condemning human rights abuses against Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims and other minorities, including arbitrary arrests, torture, rape and deaths in detention. The 193-member world body voted 134-9 with 28 abstentions in favor of the resolution, which also calls on Myanmar's government to take urgent measures to combat incitement of hatred against the Rohingya and other minorities in Rakhine, Kachin and Shan states...
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NYC ups policing in Jewish areas after spate of attacks
(National News ~ 12/28/19)
NEW YORK -- New York City is increasing its police presence in some Brooklyn neighborhoods with large Jewish populations after a string of possibly anti-Semitic attacks during the Hanukkah holiday, Mayor Bill de Blasio said after the latest episode happened Friday...
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New Russian weapon can travel 27 times the speed of sound
(National News ~ 12/28/19)
MOSCOW -- A new intercontinental weapon that can fly 27 times the speed of sound became operational Friday, Russia's defense minister reported to President Vladimir Putin, bolstering the country's nuclear strike capability. Putin has described the Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle as a technological breakthrough comparable to the 1957 Soviet launch of the first satellite. ...
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Remains of 6 people found after Hawaii tour helicopter crash
(National News ~ 12/28/19)
HONOLULU -- The remains of six people have been found after a helicopter on a tour of one of the most rugged and remote coastlines in Hawaii crashed at the top of a mountain on the island of Kauai, authorities said. Officials said Friday there are no indications of survivors and a search for the last person yet to be recovered would resume in the morning, depending on weather. Those who were recovered have not been identified and their families are being notified, authorities said...
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Iowa swung fiercely to Trump. Will it swing back in 2020?
(National News ~ 12/28/19)
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Few states have changed politically with the head-snapping speed of Iowa. Heading into 2020, the question is whether it's going to change again. In 2008, its voters propelled Barack Obama to the White House, as an overwhelmingly white state validated the candidacy of the first black president. A year later, Iowa's Supreme Court sanctioned same-sex marriage, adding a voice of Midwestern sensibility to a national shift in public sentiment. In 2012, Iowa backed Obama again...
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12 killed, dozens hurt after jetliner crashes in Kazakhstan
(International News ~ 12/28/19)
ALMATY, Kazakhstan -- A jetliner with 98 people aboard struggled to get airborne and crashed shortly after takeoff Friday in Kazakhstan, killing at least 12 people, authorities said. The Bek Air jet, identified as a 23-year-old Fokker 100, hit a concrete wall and a two-story building soon after departing from Almaty, Kazakhstan's largest city and former capital, airport officials said...
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Major Southern California highways reopen after heavy snow
(National News ~ 12/28/19)
LOS ANGELES -- Major interstates reopened in Southern California on Friday after lengthy closures caused by a cold storm that drenched the region and blanketed mountains and desert areas with heavy snow. The notorious Grapevine section of Interstate 5 in towering Tejon Pass north of Los Angeles was finally opened after a 36-hour closure forced by dangerous conditions that set in Christmas night...
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Helen Wilson
(Obituary ~ 12/28/19)
Helen R. Wilson, 92, of Jackson went to her Heavenly home at 11 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 26, 2019. She was born March 7, 1926, in Neodesha, Kansas, the daughter of Samuel Mayo and Hattie Ann Hutcherson Clifton. Mom married the love of her life, Robert Warren Wilson, on May 11,1947...
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Norman Holder
(Obituary ~ 12/28/19)
Norman Otto Holder Jr., 51, of Scott City died Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born March 8, 1968, in Cape Girardeau to Norman Otto and Martha Lou O'Bryant Holder. He married Kimberly Dana Wonsewitz on July 7, 2006...
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Kenneth Griffon
(Obituary ~ 12/28/19)
GLEN ALLEN, Mo. -- Kenneth W. Griffon, 69, of Glen Allen died Thursday, Dec. 26, 2019, at his home. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to noon Monday at Plainview Methodist Church near Patton, Missouri. The funeral will be at noon Monday at the church, with burial following in Plainview Cemetery...
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Robert Bachmann
(Obituary ~ 12/28/19)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Robert Theodore Bachmann, 88, of Richmond, Kentucky, died Monday, Dec. 23, 2019. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday and from 6:30 to 10 a.m. Friday at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Kevin Barron officiating. Burial, with military honors provided by American Legion Post 133 and the Delta Team, will be in Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery...
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Police report 12/29/19
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/28/19)
The Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Kristian R. Trozel, 24, of Jackson was arrested on suspicion of driving while revoked/driving while suspended, possession of controlled substance except 35 grams or less marijuana/synthetic cannbinoid and displaying suspicious/revoked license...
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Goals are worth setting for our physical, spiritual health
(Column ~ 12/28/19)
It is hard to believe we are ready to welcome the year 2020. As we approach the New Year, I wonder how many people made bold and courageous plans five or so years ago that were to be met by the year 2020. My guess is that many of those plans and goals were not obtained. ...
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Happy Holidays?
(Column ~ 12/28/19)
It has been my privilege to teach a number of international undergraduates at Southeast Missouri State University the last eight years. I've had in my classes students from Latvia, South Korea, Nepal, Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh, China and the Philippines. I'm appreciate of their efforts to speak and write in English, the only language in which I have any degree of fluency. One of my students told me the sheer number of idioms in regular usage make understanding English difficult at times...
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Out of the past: Dec. 29
(Out of the Past ~ 12/28/19)
Law enforcement officers from several agencies converge on the Student Recreation Center at Southeast Missouri State University to participate in "Hoopin' with 5-0 at SEMO"; for the second year, the Cape Girardeau Police Department coordinates a basketball camp for boys between ages 11 and 16...
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