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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda 5/7/20
(Local News ~ 05/07/20)
Approval of minutes n Minutes for May 4 meeting Communications/reports -- other elected officials n COVID-19 Update: In an effort to keep Cape Girardeau County residents safe and aware regarding the status of the virus, Emergency Management Agency (EMA) director Mark Winkler will be issuing an update at County Commission meetings. ...
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Coronavirus cases grow by more than 50 percent in Union County, Illinois
(Local News ~ 05/07/20)
Officials with several counties in the region reported new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, with cases in Union County, Illinois, jumping more than 50 percent. Southern Seven Health Department, which includes Union and Alexander counties in Southern Illinois, reported 49 positive virus cases in Union County, up from 32 on Wednesday. Alexander County’s tally rose to five from four. The Illinois state health department reported the Union County number as 48 and Alexander County’s as six...
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Roll over, leftovers: Big meals for now and later
(Community ~ 05/07/20)
Children are out of school and parents may be looking for meal ideas that will feed a family with leftovers that would warm over nicely for lunches the next day. I found several recipes that I think children will like and would serve the purpose of nice leftovers for a later meal or snack...
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Missouri among least restrictive states
(Local News ~ 05/07/20)
A new national study has ranked Missouri as the fourth least restrictive state when it comes to coronavirus guidelines. The study, released Tuesday by the personal finance website WalletHub, said only three states — South Dakota, Utah and North Dakota — have had fewer restrictions in place during the COVID-19 pandemic than Missouri...
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TIF Commission considers redevelopment plan in downtown Cape
(Local News ~ 05/07/20)
Restaurants, retail stores and apartments could soon replace vacant buildings in the 400 block of Broadway in Cape Girardeau as part of a plan to redevelop several parcels of property between Broadway and Bellevue Street. The plan, known as The Rialto Retail and Residential development, was presented Wednesday to the Cape Girardeau Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Commission ...
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Vittles Born on the Bayou
(Community ~ 05/07/20)
When I was a kid, my dad listened to a lot of classic rock, which means I listened to a lot of it as well. I loved it, soaked those guitar riffs and gritty voices into every pore. My favorite band was Creedence Clearwater Revival: CCR. Every time he played one of their songs, I'd recognize Fogerty's gruff growl. ...
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Daughters plan for a different Mother's Day this year
(Local News ~ 05/07/20)
Natalie Mansell will not be with her mother on Mother’s Day. “It seems so strange not be able to go see her,” Natalie said. Natalie’s mother, 85-year old Marje Engleman, lives at Chateau Girardeau, a retirement community at the corner of Independence Street and Mount Auburn Road in Cape Girardeau...
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Local government, business leaders hope for Wayfair legislation this year
(Local News ~ 05/07/20)
Only two U.S. states do not tax internet sales: Missouri and Florida. Business and government leaders contacted by the Southeast Missourian said they believe it is time to get it done. Cape Girardeau Mayor Bob Fox said he is hopeful the state legislature will tackle the issue in a special session this summer...
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Prop Y projects in Cape School District not impacted by coronavirus, will proceed without delay
(Local News ~ 05/07/20)
As part of an ongoing plan to drive student achievement, the Cape Girardeau School Board has spent the last three years identifying necessary improvements for district buildings and facilities. Several remodeling and construction projects were identified in the district’s strategic plan, and the funding for the projects comes from the $12 million bond issue, Proposition Y, passed by voters April 2019...
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Road work 5/7/20
(Local News ~ 05/07/20)
Route EE in Cape Girardeau County, from Highway 77 to County Road 249, will be closed as Missouri Department of Transportation crews make pavement repairs. According to a MoDOT news release, the work will take place from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday...
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Rude Dog Pub and The Library transition to smoke-free in downtown Cape
(Local News ~ 05/07/20)
As many businesses in Cape Girardeau work to reopen while navigating social-distancing guidelines, two popular downtown bars have focused on a different public health concern — smoking. Rude Dog Pub and The Library both announced changes to their indoor smoking policies over the past week...
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Where do we start when opening up the economy?
(Column ~ 05/07/20)
Let's start with respecting others -- and realizing that we're all in this together -- and that there are legitimate reasons for disagreement. That there are difficult trade-offs for any decision. And if you don't believe there are, then you may be part of the problem.
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Cape firefighters lend cooker to True-Que BBQ
(Local News ~ 05/07/20)
For Byron Bonner, owner of True-Que Barbecue and pastor of True Vine Ministries on Bloomfield Road in Cape Girardeau, the devastating fire at True-Que on Friday is a loss, but he's on his way to reopening -- with a little help from the Cape Girardeau firefighters' big cooker...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 05/07/20)
Today in History Today is Thursday, May 7, the 128th day of 2020. There are 238 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 7, 1789, America's first inaugural ball was held in New York in honor of President George Washington, who had taken the oath of office a week earlier...
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Age Spots: Surviving at Home
(05/07/20)
Quarantine. Stay at Home Orders. Social distancing. We are all living with a different kind of normal lately, and it is not all for the better. I have 13-year-old twin boys, and I love them. Really, I do. But they are driving me crazy! They are tired of video games, not seeing their friends, being stuck with each other; they are tired of the quarantine life. So we have had to do things to keep my house from blowing up, literally and figuratively...
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Biden has become an albatross for the Democrats
(Column ~ 05/07/20)
Joe Biden is the apparent Democratic presidential nominee. After all, he had a seemingly insurmountable lead in delegates going into the rescheduled August convention in the postponed Democratic primary race. Biden was winning the nomination largely because he was not the socialist Bernie Sanders, who terrified the Democratic establishment...
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Rehder campaign should have complied with statewide order
(Paid Letter ~ 05/07/20)
I am disappointed that Holly Rehder's campaign has not joined the rest of the region in obeying the governor's "Stay at Home" order. Her team has even put up a number of signs, including several that were put up without permission, on state property, or in areas where they are not allowed due to local laws-instead of staying at home and setting an example...
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Be kind anyway
(Column ~ 05/07/20)
Editor's note: The following column was published Sunday on reclaimourregion.com, a website operated by the chambers of commerce in Cape, Jackson and Scott City as well as VisitCape and the Cape Girardeau Area MAGNET. With our economy mere hours away from "reopening," I came across a lovely post shared by a Cape Chamber member that I couldn't help but pass along on behalf of Reclaim Our Region. While it may seem elementary, a reminder of kindness is always worth sharing, in my opinion...
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Harry and Meghan mark son's 1st birthday with charity video
(Entertainment ~ 05/07/20)
LONDON -- The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have released a video of Meghan reading to their son as they mark Archie's 1st birthday and promote a campaign to help children during the coronavirus pandemic. The video shows Meghan sitting with Archie on her lap and reading one of his favorite books, "Duck! Rabbit!" Archie grabs at the pages and helps turn them during the reading. Harry, who filmed the short video, whoops and says "bravo" from behind the camera at the end...
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St. Jude music therapists organize backyard jams for kids
(Community ~ 05/07/20)
Amy Love had to leave the Memphis hospital where she brings music to severely ill children -- she and other support staff couldn't take the risk of spreading COVID-19 to these frail patients. But she was determined: The music must not stop. So her house became a recording studio, and Love, fellow music therapist Celeste Douglas and intern Abigail Parrish became video stars for kids at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital who feed on their energy, their melodies, their love...
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U.S. investigating ex-Green Beret for Venezuela raid
(National News ~ 05/07/20)
MIAMI -- A former Green Beret who has claimed responsibility for an ill-fated military incursion into Venezuela is under federal investigation for arms trafficking, according to current and former U.S. law enforcement officials. The investigation into Jordan Goudreau is in its initial stages, and it's unclear if it will result in charges, according to a U.S. ...
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Amid pandemic, homebrewing surges in popularity
(Community ~ 05/07/20)
SALEM, Ore. -- On March 14, the day after the COVID-19 outbreak was declared a national emergency in the United States, I decided to take up an activity that I had abandoned decades ago. I brewed some beer. I became part of a trend. While states imposed stay-at-home orders, brewpubs closed, and people lost jobs and tried to economize, homebrewing in America has exploded in popularity...
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Pandemic tougher on people of color
(National News ~ 05/07/20)
DETROIT -- People of color have not only been hit harder by the deadly coronavirus than have Americans overall, but they're also bearing the brunt of the pandemic's financial impact, according to a recent survey from the The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research...
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Second wave of infections feared
(National News ~ 05/07/20)
WASHINGTON -- As Europe and the U.S. loosen their lockdowns against the coronavirus, health experts are bracing for what they say is an all but certain second wave of deaths and infections that could force governments to clamp back down in a drawn-out, two-steps-forward-one-step-back process...
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Trump: COVID-19 task force not dismantling, just refocusing
(National News ~ 05/07/20)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump on Wednesday reversed course on plans to wind down his COVID-19 task force, attempting to balance his enthusiasm for "reopening" the country with rising infection rates in parts of the nation. The task force controversy was emblematic of an administration -- and a country -- struggling with competing priorities of averting more death and more economic suffering. ...
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Charlotte Griffith
(Obituary ~ 05/07/20)
Charlotte M. Griffith, 66, of Jackson passed away Tuesday, May 5, 2020, at her home after a long and courageous battle with Sjogren's syndrome. She was born Feb. 12, 1954, the second child of Roy C. and Mildred L. Prater Simmons. Charlotte was united in marriage to Steven T. Griffith on May 10, 1985, in Cape Girardeau. She was of Christian faith...
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Blake Crowson
(Obituary ~ 05/07/20)
Blake Baxter Crowson, 18, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, April 29, 2020, after suffering fatal injuries in a car crash. He was born Dec. 19, 2001, in Osage Beach, Missouri, to Ronnie B. Jr. and Tamatha J. McIntosh Crowson. He was a 2020 graduate of Cape Girardeau Central High School...
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The long, slow reopen, and finding stories to tell
(Local News ~ 05/07/20)
Happy Return to Normal Week! Except no, not really. Gov. Mike Parson's shelter in place order expired Monday morning at 12:01 a.m., and local government and businesses are slowly reopening, to get the economy going again while aiming to minimize risk of infection. I hope that's how it goes. I hope people continue to keep our distance from each other, wear our masks, wash our hands...
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Book Review: "The Infinite Game," by Simon Sinek
(B Magazine ~ 05/07/20)
I'm a huge Simon Sinek fan. When I got the opportunity to see him speak at the Global Leadership Summit, I assumed it would be content from one of his earlier books, "Leaders Eat Last" or "Start with Why." Instead, he discussed his upcoming book, "The Infinite Game."...
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Prayer 5/7/20
(Prayer ~ 05/07/20)
We praise you, O Lord, for you give us beauty for ashes. Amen.
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Out of the past: May 7
(Out of the Past ~ 05/07/20)
Joe Jackson, former defensive end with the New York Jets and Minnesota Vikings, is the guest speaker at Abundant Life Church in Gordonville; Jackson now ministers in evangelism, music, high school assemblies and prison outreach. A V-E commemorative ceremony is held in the afternoon at the Missouri Veterans Home; the event marks the 50-year anniversary of the Allied victory in Europe May 8, 1945; Maj. ...
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Births 5/7/20
(Births ~ 05/07/20)
Daughter to Tommy Daniel Lane and Alyssa Roxanne Jackson of Cape Girardeau, Saint Francis Medical Center, 2:05 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, 2020. Name, Karlee Sue. Weight, 7 pounds, 9 ounces. Third child, second daughter. Jackson is the daughter of Susan and Wendell Poe of Cape Girardeau and John and Ashley Jackson. She is a medical assistant with Cardiovascular Consultants. Lane is a cook with Chartwells...
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Bankruptcies April 2020
(Business Records ~ 05/07/20)
Bankruptcies filed through April for the Southeastern Division of the Eastern District of Missouri's U.S. Bankruptcy Court are listed below with their corresponding case numbers. Included are bankruptcies filed in Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Perry and Scott counties. Court is held in Cape Girardeau...
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