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Parson weighs special session to respond to Biden COVID plan
(State News ~ 09/11/21)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Republican Missouri Gov. Mike Parson is considering calling a special legislative session to challenge President Joe Biden's plan to require COVID-19 vaccination or testing for many workers. Parson told the Kansas City Star in an interview Friday that Missouri will oppose the White House initiative on “multiple fronts.” He didn't elaborate but left open the possibility of a special session...
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Tunes at Twilight: Back for 2021
(Community ~ 09/11/21)
Old Town Cape's Tunes at Twilight returned this season after the pandemic caused both spring and fall sessions to be canceled last year. The free, outdoor concert series that has been around for almost 20 years went on again. Both 2021 sessions were held at the Old Mississippi River Bridge Park by the Southeast Missouri State University River Campus. ...
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Sponsored: Navigating the SEMO District Fair with Pete Poe
(09/11/21)
Between the endless array of agriculture exhibits and the dazzling lights of the ferris wheel, what’s not to love about The SEMO District Fair? The fair, 166 years in the making, has fun for the whole family — the young and the young-at-heart. Here, Pete Poe, SEMO District Fair director since the 1980s, shares his tips for you to get the most out of the annual festival...
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BoCo sheriff: Won't enforce federal virus order
(Local News ~ 09/11/21)
The sheriff of Bollinger County, Missouri, announced Friday neither he nor department employees will enforce any of the executive actions announced Thursday by President Joe Biden in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Biden's sweeping executive order would mandate COVID-19 vaccinations or weekly tests for all employees at a company with more than 100 workers, a group of about 80 million people. ...
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9/11 never far away from Jackson Fire Rescue
(Local News ~ 09/11/21)
JACKSON -- Officially, the Fire Department of New York City's response time to the attacks on the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, was two minutes. A battalion chief happened to see the first jet fly into the towers and was quickly on the scene, calling for help before he got to what would become Ground Zero...
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Former Cape man recalls horrors of Sept. 11, 2001
(Local News ~ 09/11/21)
On Sept. 11, 2001, Christopher Lee was going about a normal workday in an architectural firm about a half mile from the World Trade Center in New York City. He saw the first jet slam into one of the Twin Towers. Then, the second. In the next hours and days, he and his family would try to reconcile what they had seen and learned about the attacks...
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Four virus-related deaths reported in Cape, Scott counties
(Local News ~ 09/11/21)
Four COVID-19 deaths were reported by area health officials this week. On Friday, Cape Girardeau County health officials reported three deaths (146 total), and earlier, Scott County officials added one death to their total (94). Virus cases in Cape Girardeau Coutny grew by 290 in the past seven days, for a total of 11,707 cases during the pandemic. As of Friday, there were 411 active cases, an increase of 99 since Wednesday...
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Area residents recall emotions of terrorist attacks
(Local News ~ 09/11/21)
In their words, Southeast Missouri residents (or former residents) remember the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and their reaction to events of that day. ...
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Cape man robbed, assaulted in driveway; Suspects remain unknown
(Local News ~ 09/11/21)
Cape Girardeau Police Department is looking for information on a group involved in an alleged robbery and assault Friday afternoon. Cape officers responded to a report of a robbery in the 100 block of South Missouri Street around 2:20 p.m. Friday, CGPD Sgt. Joey Hann said...
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GOP women host Lincoln Day event
(Local News ~ 09/11/21)
Cape Girardeau County Republican Women hosted a Lincoln Day event Friday. See a gallery of photos here.
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“The Hummingbirds’ Gift: Wonder, beauty and renewal on wings,” by Sy Montgomery
(09/11/21)
“The Hummingbirds’ Gift” is a nonfiction story that follows Sy Montgomery as she volunteers at a hummingbird sanctuary to nurse and rehabilitate two orphaned hummingbird chicks. In her introduction, Montgomery talks about hummingbirds and how fragile they are, as well as how she and Brenda met and became friends. ...
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Smith-Lueder
(Engagement ~ 09/11/21)
Darin and Lynn Davis of East Prairie, Missouri, announce the engagement of their daughter, Olivia Smith of East Prairie to Jeremy Lueder of Egypt Mills. He is the son of Randy and Staci Lueder of Egypt Mills. Olivia is also the daughter of the late Wayne Smith...
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FYI 9-12-21
(Community ~ 09/11/21)
Paint for a Cause will once again have a booth at the SEMO District Fair. Visitors can donate $1 and paint for one minute on a 4-feet by 8 feet-wide panel with a template of the historic Glenn House. The booth will be open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sept. 11 through 18 and will be in the Arena Building. All money raised, after expenses, will be donated to the Glenn House for upkeep and repairs. The completed painting will be hung in the parlor of the Glenn House...
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Frederick E. Bruns -- dance master in 1850s Cape Girardeau
(Column ~ 09/11/21)
An advertisement in the Cape Girardeau Western Eagle newspaper in August 1850 includes the following, "FASHIONABLE DANCING AND WALTZING ACADEMY, Mr. Frederick E. Bruns announces that he has opened a Dancing School in the Ball Room in the Tavern of Mr. Penny ... will teach a variety of dances. Apply to Mr. W. Penny."...
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Cape Central Class of 1971 to hold 50-year reunion
(Community ~ 09/11/21)
The Cape Girardeau Central High School class of 1971 will hold its 50th anniversary reunion the weekend of Sept. 24-25 to coincide with the Cape Central vs. Farmington football game. Bruce Nunnelly, graduate of 1971 and professional musician, will return to participate in playing the national anthem on saxophone for the football game on Friday...
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This could kill you!
(Column ~ 09/11/21)
Let this be another reminder to not be out in the woods during a storm. Last Saturday, Sept. 4, a series of thunderstorms crossed over Southeast Missouri delivering heavy rain and strong wind gusts to some areas. The dead limb you see in my photo fell from the sprawling soft maple in the near background. The dead limb came crashing from the tree and was driven several inches into the ground like a post. You can be glad you were not standing there...
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Senior Center Menus for Sept. 13-17
(Community ~ 09/11/21)
Monday: Barbecue riblet or chicken livers, mashed potatoes, seasoned broccoli, warm corn salad, whole-grain bun or bread and chilled plums or applesauce cake. Tuesday: Chicken and rice or beef Tater Tot casserole, vegetable blend, garden lettuce salad, whole-grain hot roll and baked pineapple or pineapple-right-side-up cake...
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To be seen and known
(Column ~ 09/11/21)
When Jesus calls the first disciples in John 1:35-51 (NAB), there is all this business of seeing. References to sight -- the words or some variation of the words "watched," "see" and "looking" -- are listed 12 times throughout these 16 verses. In one way of reading it, it is a story about the deepest desires of the human heart -- to be seen and known -- being fulfilled by the promised One who is finally here, ready to see each of the 12 tribes of Israel. And ready to see each of us, too...
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Big view of God
(Column ~ 09/11/21)
My wife and I recently took a trip where we ascended 178 stairs to the gallery of a 148-foot-tall lighthouse. Once we caught our breath, the view took it. We could see for miles. The height gave us a bigger perspective of everything around us. Possessing a big view of God has a similar effect...
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Ramblewood Garden Club names September Yard of the Month
(Community ~ 09/11/21)
The Ramblewood Garden Club has awarded the September Yard of the Month to Tim and Judy McGuire who live in a beautifully landscaped home at 1552 Lexington. Their landscaping can best be described as understated elegance. Evergreen foundation plantings of nandina (Nandina domestica), Mugo pine (Pinus mugo), variegated holly (Ilex aquifolium), and boxwood (Buxus) serve as background structure while mounds of purple blooming Lirope, heather (Calluna vulgaris), and red barberries (Berberis) provide color in the spring and summer months. ...
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Are we getting too soft?
(Column ~ 09/11/21)
Years ago, I was watching the thoroughbred stallions when I got a call from an elderly gentleman who worked on the farm with me. He said he'd had an accident and was needing help. It was just down the road from the stud farm, so I helped him get his pickup out of the ditch and made sure he was OK and that he got home. ...
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FYI 2 9-12-21
(Community ~ 09/11/21)
Paint for a Cause will once again have a booth at the SEMO District Fair. Visitors can donate $1 and paint for one minute on a 4-feet by 8 feet-wide panel with a template of the historic Glenn House. The booth will be open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sept. 11 through 18 and will be in the Arena Building. All money raised, after expenses, will be donated to the Glenn House for upkeep and repairs. The completed painting will be hung in the parlor of the Glenn House...
- Adopt kittens 9-12-21 (Community ~ 09/11/21)
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda for 9/13/21 meeting
(Local News ~ 09/11/21)
Cape Girardeau County Commission 9 a.m. Monday 1 Barton Square, Jackson 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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9/11 attacks changed the global landscape
(National News ~ 09/11/21)
In the ghastly rubble of Ground Zero's fallen towers 20 years ago, Hour Zero arrived, a chance to start anew. World affairs reordered abruptly on that morning of blue skies, black ash, fire and death. In Iran, chants of "death to America" quickly gave way to candlelight vigils to mourn the American dead. Vladimir Putin weighed in with substantive help as the U.S. prepared to go to war in Russia's region of influence...
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Prayer 9-12-21
(Prayer ~ 09/11/21)
O Lord God, may we and our country's leaders seek wisdom from you. Amen.
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Immigration and the trillion-dollar lottery
(Column ~ 09/11/21)
Exactly 10 years ago, economist Michael Clemens published a paper in the prestigious Journal of Economic Perspectives called "Economics and Emigration: Trillion-Dollar Bills on the Sidewalk?" He urged fellow economists to consider a paradigm shift in their research about immigration. Though economists had mostly neglected the global economic losses caused by migration barriers, the existing estimates "should make economists' jaws hit their desks."...
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Vaccine and freedom
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/11/21)
I find it ironic that many anti-vaccine people justify their choice as a matter of exercising and promoting "freedom." I say this is ironic because remaining unvaccinated is contributing to an erosion of freedom for virtually everyone in our society. ...
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Out of the past: Sept. 12
(Out of the Past ~ 09/11/21)
Churches in Cape Girardeau are experiencing a building boon; several churches are expanding or planning new buildings; Lynwood Baptist Church, now at Lynwood and Randol, will be getting bids next week for construction of a church on Route W near Kingshighway; Cornerstone Church, now on West End Boulevard, is planning a new building on the north side of Highway 74 near Minnesota; construction has already started on a 10,000-square-foot addition at LaCroix United Methodist Church on Lexington...
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Timothy Zahner
(Obituary ~ 09/11/21)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Timothy J. Zahner, 72, of Marble Hill died Monday, Sept. 6, 2021, at his home. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 18 at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville, Missouri. Memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Sept. 18 at the funeral home, with Deacon Direk Hunt officiating...
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Blake Wilke
(Obituary ~ 09/11/21)
Blake Randolph Wilke, 18, of Jackson passed away Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021. He was born Jan. 29, 2003, in Cape Girardeau to Mark Wilke and Michelle Kimbel. Blake had a heart of gold, was always smiling and always had a joke to lighten the mood. You could always find him working on cars, motorcycles or wherever there was grease. He most recently was working as a driver for Newell's Ram Power. He loved his family, but especially enjoyed spending time and spoiling his nieces and nephews...
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Donald Sievers
(Obituary ~ 09/11/21)
Donald Ray Sievers, 80, of Jackson passed away Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021, at his home after a battle with melanoma cancer. He was born Aug. 19, 1941, in Cape Girardeau, the son of Elmer L. and Anita Maevers Sievers. He and Anita Godwin were married Feb. 27, 1960, at First Baptist Church in Jackson...
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Judith Scott
(Obituary ~ 09/11/21)
BALLWIN, Mo. -- Judith C. Dettmer Scott, 78, of Ballwin passed away Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. She was born Aug. 22, 1943, in Patton, Missouri, daughter of Charles and Dorothy Myers Dettmer. She married Thomas Scott in March 1973...
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Derrick Rucker
(Obituary ~ 09/11/21)
Derrick Terrell Rucker, 40, of Cape Girardeau died on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021, at his residence. A Celebration of Life will be held by the family at a later date. Arrangements were under the care of Liley Funeral Homes.
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Ronald Popp
(Obituary ~ 09/11/21)
Ronald Popp, 79, of Cape Girardeau passed away Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, at his home in Saxony Village. Ronald was born Feb. 2, 1941, in Frohna, Missouri, to the late Olaf and Wilma Fidler Popp. He and Mary Hinkle were married Oct. 25, 1969, in Trinity Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau...
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Barbara Morse
(Obituary ~ 09/11/21)
Well, Heaven picked up another great one this week. Although family members' hearts are reeling over the loss of mother, sister, friend and Nana, they are happy to know she is home with her husband and mother and all the other beautiful hearts that were waiting for her and watching over her...
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Edna Lincoln
(Obituary ~ 09/11/21)
Edna Lorene Lincoln, 82, of Jackson passed away Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021, at the home of her daughter. She was born Jan. 28, 1939, in Marble Hill, Missouri, to Joe and Pauline Clack McCain. Loving survivors include six children, Susan Cook and Larry, Dan, Bill, J.C. and David Campbell; numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and a sister, Leona Woods...
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Jeri Horowitz
(Obituary ~ 09/11/21)
R. Jerelyn "Jeri" Horowitz, 95, of Cape Girardeau, peacefully passed away Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021, at Chateau Girardeau. She was born April 30, 1926, in Cape Girardeau to the late Charles L. and Lois Killough McKinnis. Jeri was an English and music teacher. Many students loved her. Jeri played the piano for jazz bands traveling through Cape Girardeau and continued to perform throughout her life...
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Evie Henderson
(Obituary ~ 09/11/21)
POCAHONTAS, Ark. -- Evie Henderson, 68, of Pocahontas, formerly of Olive Branch, Illinois, passed away Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021, at Flo and Phil Hospice House in Jonesboro, Arkansas. She was born April 28, 1953, in Gideon, Missouri, the daughter of Walter and Susan Head Oakes...
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Betty Crites
(Obituary ~ 09/11/21)
Betty Jean Crites, 50, of Jackson passed away Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021. She was born June 7, 1971, in Chaffee, Missouri, to Norman Otto and Mary Lou Ahrens Crites. Betty was a 1990 graduate of Oak Ridge High School. She was a sweet and caring person, who loved her family. She always helped others when she could, putting them before herself. She dedicated 26 years to her job at Quality Packaging...
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Christine Austin
(Obituary ~ 09/11/21)
** Christine Austin Christine Marie Austin, 82, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Sept. 10, 2021. Arrangements are pending with Ford and Sons Funeral Home.
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my HAND CARVE ALLIGATOR
(Submitted Story ~ 09/11/21)
WE USED TO RAISE ALLIGATORS AS A KID SO I MISS THAT PART OF MY LIFE SO i HAND CARVE ONE.
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Out of the past: Sept. 11
(Out of the Past ~ 09/11/21)
Fire of undetermined origin heavily damaged the former Polar Therm plant near Frederick and Independence streets late yesterday; firefighters responded to an alarm at 5:36 p.m. and battled intense, stabbing flames for over an hour and a half; despite poor water pressure, the fire was brought under control...
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