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Sponsored: SADI kicks off campaign for outdoor garden, recreation area
(B Magazine ~ 06/20/22)
We all strive for our independence. We cherish it because we know it can be lost. We cant always gain it on our own. Sometimes we need help. This is the main goal of the SEMO Alliance for Disability Independence (SADI) to enable persons with disabilities to remain in their own homes, not an institution. Since 1993, SADI has been helping individuals with physical and developmental limitations achieve their independence...
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Inflation taking bite out of new infrastructure projects
(National News ~ 06/20/22)
The price of a foot of water pipe in Tucson, Arizona: up 19%. The cost of a ton of asphalt in a small Massachusetts town: up 37%. The estimate to build a new airport terminal in Des Moines, Iowa: 69% higher, with a several year delay. Inflation is taking a toll on infrastructure projects across the U.S., driving up costs so much that state and local officials are postponing projects, scaling back others and reprioritizing their needs...
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Gas prices and the summer driving season
(Business ~ 06/20/22)
Crude oil prices dropped at the end of last week following Wednesday's move by the Federal Reserve Board to raise interest rates by 0.75%. According to an American Automobile Association analysis, the anticipated slowing in economic growth because of the recent rate hike could cause crude demand to decline and with it, perhaps a drop in prices at the pump...
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Banjo-playing Bell City man to buy venerable Bollinger County funeral home
(Business ~ 06/20/22)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. Eric Pendergrass, 30, has had a busy life to-date. He's been a hog farmer in Bell City, Missouri, where he graduated high school; a banjo player in a bluegrass band playing in benefits and at churches; and, come Jan. 1, Pendergrass will become the new owner of Hutchings Funeral Chapel, 203 Bass St. in Marble Hill, Missouri...
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Southern Missouri school district to go to four-day week beginning in the fall
(Local News ~ 06/20/22)
BROSELEY, Mo. After much discussion, the Twin Rivers School Board voted unanimously at its Thursday night meeting to accept a four-day school week. The board was presented with three calendar options that had been organized by faculty for the upcoming school year, each calendar varying in the start and stop times, as well as calendar days...
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Artist puts 'a face on Cape Girardeau' with portrait of city's namesake
(Local News ~ 06/20/22)
"Cleda, you put a face on Cape. We really appreciate it," said Charlotte Slinkard, curator at Cape River Heritage Museum, 538 Independence St. in Cape Girardeau. Slinkard was thanking Cleda Curtis, a local artist behind the new painting of Cape Girardeau's namesake figure: Jean Pierre Girardeau...
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New Cape Girardeau County restaurant opens
(Business ~ 06/20/22)
This story is updated. Bayou Cajun Smokehouse, 6611 County Road 532 near Pocahontas, opened Tuesday under the leadership of owners Tim and Pam Stearns and executive chef Derek Miller. Formerly Bayou Bar & Grill, which closed in April, the new nonsmoking and nonvaping eatery has been remodeled and is open from 10:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays...
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A Space Through Time: One Week at the Riverfront
(Community ~ 06/20/22)
The Cape Girardeau riverfront represents an incredible diversity of activity. It is all at once a retreat for residents, destination for visitors and shipping thoroughfare. People come for exercise and for rest, to be together and to find solitude. The river is consistent and ever-changing. Murals covering the floodwall remind you that you are here, while cargo floating to some other destination reminds you that there are places you are not...
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Prayer 6-20-22
(Prayer ~ 06/20/22)
O Lord Jesus, we praise you, for you are our healer and deliverer. Amen.
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Biden's budget deficit victory lap is unearned, unjustified
(Column ~ 06/20/22)
President Joe Biden is taking victory laps for last year's reduced budget deficit. No one would be happier than me to see this number fall in a significant way. But the decline has nothing to do with the president's policies, and it changes little about the dangers of our fiscal situation...
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US inflation starts in Washington, not Moscow
(Column ~ 06/20/22)
President Joe Biden spoke at the Port of Los Angeles the other day and addressed the issue foremost on the minds of Americans today inflation. And in the spirit of a tried and true liberal, he blamed everyone in the world for a problem that he is responsible for...
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Catholic food pantry puts faith into action
(Editorial ~ 06/20/22)
Construction is progressing on the new Catholic Social Ministries Food Pantry on South Sprigg Street in Cape Girardeau. Jim Keusenkothen, pastoral minister at St. Mary Cathedral, recently told the Southeast Missourian the new facility should be finished in the fall...
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Cape receives business license applications for McDonald's, thrift shop
(Business ~ 06/20/22)
Two applications for business licenses have been received by the City of Cape Girardeau Community Development Department: n Bradley Short of Creal Springs, Illinois, for McDonald's restaurant, 1701 N. Kingshighway. n LaGina Celeste Adams and Lorecia L. Taylor of Cape Girardeau for Treasures Galore, a thrift resale shop, at 125 S. Broadview St...
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Jackson Chamber to hold Business Breakfast; Cape Chamber to host 4 ribbon-cuttings
(Business ~ 06/20/22)
Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce will hold its June Business Breakfast at 7:30 a.m. Friday at Jackson Civic Center, 381 E. Deerwood Drive. Saint Francis Healthcare is sponsor. n Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce will host four ribbon-cuttings this week:...
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William Meyer wins Cape Toastmasters award
(Business ~ 06/20/22)
William Meyer, retired Southeast Missouri State University professor of agribusiness, has won the Bill Burlison Award from Cape Girardeau's Noon Toastmasters in recognition of 50 years' service to the local club. The Burlison Award is named for the late retired congressman Bill Burlison, himself a Southeast graduate...
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Cape Girardeau's Miracle-Ear office recognized
(Business ~ 06/20/22)
Miracle-Ear Foundation announced last week its Cape Girardeau store is leading the nation in its "Foundation Pride" report rankings through May -- by fitting 15 people with free hearing aids through Miracle-Ear Foundation and collecting $2,300 in donations...
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Edward Jones office in Jackson recognized
(Business ~ 06/20/22)
During a two-day May conference in Phoenix, Edward Jones financial adviser Cheryl Mothes and her Jackson branch team members, Tracy Hillman and Kayla Droege, qualified for EJ's Drucker Council one of just 75 branch offices out of the company's more than 15,000 to be so recognized...
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Saint Francis Healthcare notes milestone for TAVR procedure
(Business ~ 06/20/22)
Saint Francis Healthcare System announced its Heart Valve Center has performed 300 transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedures since September 2014. TAVR, according to a news release, is considered a safer alternative to open-heart surgery, offering patients with severe aortic stenosis a minimally invasive surgical option...
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IRS boosts mileage rate
(Business ~ 06/20/22)
Internal Revenue Service has announced a mid-year adjustment to the standard mileage rate for the second half of 2022 because of escalating inflation. On July 1, the rate will increase from 58.5 cents a mile to 62.5 cents. The 14 cents a mile rate for charitable organizations remains unchanged...
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Cape Girardeau businesswoman Becker named to national faculty
(Business ~ 06/20/22)
Chelsey Becker, MSN, FNP-C, who opened Aurora Medical Spa, 3117 Lexington Ave. in Cape Girardeau nearly two years ago, has been invited to join the Allergan Medical Institute's national faculty of trainers. Becker, an aesthetic nurse practitioner for six years, specializes in cosmetic injectables, such as Botox and dermal fillers...
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NFL great Marshall Faulk to appear at Cape Girardeau event
(Business ~ 06/20/22)
Marshall Faulk, Super Bowl-winning running back for the former St. Louis Rams and a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, will appear at Cape Girardeau's Be Bright Conference, a "sales and success" event, on Aug. 12 and 13 at Drury Plaza Hotel and Conference Center. To register, visit www.bebrightconference.com/tickets...
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'Lightyear' stays earthbound, 'Jurassic World' holds No. 1
(Entertainment ~ 06/20/22)
"Lightyear" did not go to infinity (or beyond) in its first weekend in theaters: Pixar's first major theatrical release since March 2020 blasted off with $51 million in its debut weekend in North America, according to studio estimates Sunday. Not only did it open lower than expected, but it also failed to conquer "Jurassic World: Dominion," which held on to the first-place spot with $58.7 million its second weekend...
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Camino pilgrims help rural Spain's emptying villages survive
(International News ~ 06/20/22)
TERRADILLOS DE LOS TEMPLARIOS, Spain -- Amid the vast grain fields of Spain, a medieval church stands guard over the handful of adobe homes where some 50 people live -- and twice as many travelers along the Camino de Santiago spend the night this summer...
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Witnesses say more than 200 killed in Ethiopia ethnic attack
(International News ~ 06/20/22)
NAIROBI, Kenya -- Witnesses in Ethiopia said Sunday that more than 200 people, mostly ethnic Amhara, have been killed in an attack in the country's Oromia region and are blaming a rebel group, which denies it. It is one of the deadliest such attacks in recent memory as ethnic tensions continue in Africa's second most populous country...
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Church shooting survivor: Gunman 'disengaged,' sat alone
(National News ~ 06/20/22)
The 70-year-old suspected gunman in a shooting that killed three people at an Alabama church sat by himself drinking liquor, rejecting offers to join the others gathered at the potluck dinner, before gunfire shattered the peace of the evening, a survivor recalled...
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Title IX's next battle: The rights of transgender athletes
(National News ~ 06/20/22)
When the gender equity legislation known as Title IX became law in 1972, the politics of transgender sports was not even a blip in the national conversation. Today, it is one of the sharpest dividing points in American culture. As the transformational law heads into its second half-century on the books, the Biden administration wants transgender athletes to enjoy the same protections Title IX originally gave to women when it was passed 50 years ago. ...
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Outside Yellowstone, flooded towns struggle to recover
(National News ~ 06/20/22)
FROMBERG, Mont. -- With Yellowstone National Park pushing to reopen to tourists more quickly than anticipated after record floods pounded southern Montana, some of those hardest hit in the disaster live far from the famous park's limelight and are leaning heavily on one another to pull their lives out of the mud...
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Zelenskyy Father's Day post spotlights family ties amid war
(International News ~ 06/20/22)
KYIV, Ukraine -- One photograph shows a kneeling soldier kissing a child inside a subway station, where Ukraine families shelter from Russian airstrikes. In another, an infant and a woman who appears on the brink of tears look out from a departing train car as a man peers inside, his hand spread across the window in a gesture of goodbye...
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Juneteenth celebrations emphasize ending racial disparities
(National News ~ 06/20/22)
DALLAS -- After Opal Lee led hundreds in a walk through her Texas hometown to celebrate Juneteenth this weekend, the 95-year-old Black woman who helped successfully push for the holiday to get national recognition said it's important that people learn the history behind it...
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US opens COVID vaccine to little kids; shots begin this week
(National News ~ 06/20/22)
NEW YORK -- The U.S. on Saturday opened COVID-19 vaccines to infants, toddlers and preschoolers. The shots will become available this week, expanding the nation's vaccination campaign to children as young as 6 months. Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended the vaccines for the littlest children, and the final signoff came hours later from Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the agency's director...
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Richard Statler
(Obituary ~ 06/20/22)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. Richard Lee Statler, 86, of Perryville died Thursday, June 16, 2022, in Perryville. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday and from 8 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. Charles Mangels officiating. Burial will be at Whitewater Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Sedgewickville, Missouri...
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Kirk Brown
(Obituary ~ 06/20/22)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. Kirk Lawrence Brown, 57, of Perryville died Friday, June 17, 2022, in Perryville. A celebration of life will be held at a later date. Ford and Young Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Renee Amos
(Obituary ~ 06/20/22)
Renee Amos, 65, of Jackson passed away Friday, June 17, 2022, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, with family by her side, and after a short battle with metastatic melanoma. She was born Nov. 18, 1956, in Cape Girardeau to Rudolph Charles "R.C." and Ruth Ann Eifert Kasten. She and John R. Amos were married June 30, 1978, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson. Two children were born to their union, Michelle and Christopher...
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Schmitt Senate campaign mailer photo draws ire of Missouri Supreme Court
(State News ~ 06/20/22)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Supreme Court said Friday that judges were "disappointed" a mailer sent in support of Attorney General Eric Schmitt's U.S. Senate campaign used a photo of Schmitt and three judges. The mailer was not from Schmitt's campaign but from a group supporting his bid for the Republican nomination in the August primary. ...
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2 charged in fatal fireworks explosion that killed 4
(State News ~ 06/20/22)
BLACK JACK, Mo. -- Two men were charged with murder in a house explosion near St. Louis that authorities say killed four people who were assembling fireworks in a garage. St. Louis County prosecutors said 37-year-old Terrell Cooks and 43-year-old Seneca Mahan made fireworks and directed younger people on how to load the canisters and attach a fuse for lighting. They would then sell the fireworks to others. Neither Cooks nor Mahan had a license to make or sell fireworks...
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Officials find first likely case of monkeypox in Missouri
(State News ~ 06/20/22)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Health officials said Saturday they had identified what is likely to be the first case of monkeypox in Missouri. Officials said the probable case of monkeypox was found in a Kansas City resident who had recently traveled out of state. That person didn't need to be hospitalized...
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Report: Black drivers more likely to be stopped in Missouri
(State News ~ 06/20/22)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Recently released data show Black drivers are more likely to be pulled over in Missouri compared to white drivers, and the gap between how Missouri police treat Black and white drivers increased again last year. Differences in Black and white motorists' interaction with police have for the most part only increased in the two decades since Missouri began tracking and analyzing vehicle stops, as compiled by the Missouri Attorney General's Office...
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Out of the past: June 20
(Out of the Past ~ 06/20/22)
The latest plans for Broadway call for a slightly wider street with four lanes for traffic from Clark to Perry Avenue, new storm sewer inlets, one new traffic light, upgraded computerized traffic signals and sidewalks; engineers put the latest design on display last night at the Osage Centre, and several dozen business owners showed up to comment; its estimated cost is just over $1 million...
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Missy Janzow named to SoutheastHEALTH Foundation Board
(Business ~ 06/20/22)
Missy Janzow, a real estate saleswoman with Edge Realty, has been named to the SoutheastHEALTH Foundation Board of Directors. Janzow is a graduate of Southeast Missouri State University with a Bachelor of Science in dietetics.
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