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Malaria: Historical scourge of Missouri
(Column ~ 07/08/23)
From the Lutheran Observer, Oct. 14, 1853, "Died at his residence in Bosbarulda Bottom, in Perry co., Mo., on the 20th day of July, Mr. William Hagar Eddleman, aged 36 years..." My great-great grandfather was one of many Missourians who probably died from malaria. ...
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Sikeston's first food truck fest underway
(Local News ~ 07/08/23)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- The month of July is Parks and Recreation Month, and Sikeston Parks and Recreation is hosting its first Food Truck Festival. The food truck festival will be ongoing through July 25 in the Jaycee Little League Football parking lot at Sikeston Complex...
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BCSD recovers $230K of illegal drugs mailed to home
(Local News ~ 07/08/23)
Butler County (Missouri) Sheriff's Office authorities said some $230,000 in illegal narcotics was mailed to an area home for resale. The more than 40 pounds of items recovered Thursday include high-grade marijuana, Ecstasy, LSD and cocaine. Deputies were conducting a search warrant when the items were found in the home of 26-year-old Samuel Moore, Sheriff Mark Dobbs said...
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Books on Tap book club -- something for everyone
(Local News ~ 07/08/23)
Looking for a book club? The Cape Girardeau Public Library has just the thing. Books on Tap is a monthly book lovers' gathering that flips the idea of "book clubs" on its head. Adult service coordinator, Kayla Thompson, said that Books on Tap is a somatic book club. Meaning that instead of like a traditional book club, where there is a vote on which book will be read or pick one book to read as a group, Thompson creates a general theme...
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Fireworks are to blame for house fire in Sikeston, DPS officials report
(Local News ~ 07/08/23)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Fireworks are to blame for a house fire Thursday, July 6, in Sikeston. At 2:28 p.m. Thursday, July 6, Sikeston Department of Public Safety responded to a structure fire at 816 Cherokee St., said Capt. Derick Wheetley, fire division commander for DPS. Upon arrival, officers reported moderate smoke showing from the front of the residence, he said...
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SEMO Pets garners corporate support, schedules event
(Local News ~ 07/08/23)
Southeast Missouri Pets (SEMO Pets), the not-for-profit formerly known as Humane Society of Southeast Missouri, is getting some help from the corporate community this month while planning its own comedy show fundraiser this October. n Acee's, 2505 Veterans Memorial Drive, Cape Girardeau, will "Give Back at the Pump", promising an unspecified percentage of gasoline sales to the animal shelter at designated pumps in July. ...
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How has your View of leadership changed?
(B Magazine ~ 07/08/23)
Every boat needs a captain. Every team needs a coach. Every church needs a pastor. It doesn’t matter where you are in the world, every community and organization needs a leader — someone to guide the group towards accomplishing their common goal and achieving success. And as leaders step into their roles, their leadership strategies may evolve through experience, added responsibilities and personal growth. It’s all part of the process. For this story, B Magazine reached out to different leaders in our community with this question: “How has your view of leadership changed over the years?” Here are their submitted responses. Some have been edited for clarity.
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Patriotism through new citizens, Spirit of America
(Column ~ 07/08/23)
It's easy to be discouraged about today's America -- and for good reason. We're very much a divided country on many issues. America is challenged with historic inflation and rising debt. War continues between Russia and Ukraine, which impacts the United States. Crime continues to be an issue around the country. And the scourge of drugs plagues many individuals, families and communities. The list could go on...
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Garrard named to Cape city engineer post
(Local News ~ 07/08/23)
After 10 years working with the City of Cape Girardeau as a civil engineer, Jake Garrard was appointed city engineer in April. The Missouri University of Science and Technology graduate and Charleston, Missouri, native Garrard joined the municipal government in 2012. With his appointment to city engineer, he takes the place of former engineer Amy Farris...
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Difference Maker: Dr. Vincenzo Galati helping patients, raising awareness around testicular cancer
(B Magazine ~ 07/08/23)
Surgeon and general urologist Vincenzo Galati got his first glimpse of how rewarding a career in health care could be when he was a junior in high school. He said he volunteered at Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville, Missouri, and there, he was able to learn what it’s like working with patients and doctors who truly love what they do...
- Parson signs senior tax relief bill, all area lawmakers supported (Local News ~ 07/08/23)
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Events set to highlight coming eclipses
(Local News ~ 07/08/23)
The Missouri Solar Eclipse Expo will kickoff with a panel discussion on Friday evening, July 21, and an all-day event on Saturday, July 22, in Cape Girardeau. According to the Expo's website, semoeclipseexpo.org, the Expo was created to inspire and educate Missourians about the 2023 and 2024 solar eclipses...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 07/08/23)
Today is Saturday, July 8, the 189th day of 2023. There are 176 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 8, 1972, the Nixon administration announced a deal to sell $750 million in grain to the Soviet Union. (However, the Soviets were also engaged in secretly buying subsidized American grain, resulting in what critics dubbed "The Great Grain Robbery.")...
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Out of the past: July 8
(Out of the Past ~ 07/08/23)
Only 24 buildings remain to be demolished as part of Cape Girardeau's 1995 flood buyout program; once the wrecking ball swings on those structures -- 23 houses and an old service station -- the flood buyout program will be completed; in addition, nine vacant lots will be cleaned up; Nip Kelley Equipment Co. Inc., has the contract for the third and final phase of demolition...
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VIP residents enjoy an afternoon of bingo
(Submitted Story ~ 07/08/23)
The Fruitland CIP residents enjoyed a recent afternoon eating lunch and playing bingo with the Louis K. Juden American Legion Post No. 63 Auxiliary women in Cape Girardeau. A board member, Kathy Yallally Coffman, was instrumental in arranging the event. ...
- Lutheran Home welcomes Bollinger County Tractor Club (Submitted Photo ~ 07/08/23)
- Adopt Binx 7-9-23 (Community ~ 07/08/23)
- Five generations gather together (Submitted Photo ~ 07/08/23)
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Learning briefs 7-9-23
(Community ~ 07/08/23)
The folloinwg students graduated with academic distinction from Missouri S&T Universtiy in Rolla, Missouri. Cape Girardeau n John Kelley, bachelor of scidence in computer science, magna cum laude n Julia Walker, bachelor of science in mining engineering, cum laude...
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Senior Center Menus for July 10-14
(Community ~ 07/08/23)
Monday: Scambled eggs and sausage patty or chicken tenders, hashbrowns with onions, biscuit and gravy, blushing bananas and orange juice. Tuesday: Loaded macho nachos with tortilla chips or lemon pepper chicken with rice pilaf, black beans and corn and citrus fruit or cinnamon roll...
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A risk of picking wild blackberries
(Column ~ 07/08/23)
I had been picking wild blueberries for about 45 minutes the morning of Sunday, July 2, when I noticed this tick crawling on my pant leg. After taking a few photos of it, I killed it. Ticks are common throughout much of North America. The tick I show here can be identified as an adult female dog tick by the white badge on the upper front of its body. ...
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Honey attracts while vinegar repels
(Column ~ 07/08/23)
"Well, my dear, how are you today?" A musical voice echoed in the distance. Lisa turned around, quickly, to see who the well-wisher might be. A good friend of Lisa's, Jenny, came up from behind her. Jenny always had a smile and a cheerful word, for almost everyone, and today was no exception. Lisa and Jenny had known each other for years and the friendship was important to Lisa. Jenny was one of those people that drew others toward her like honey attracts flies...
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Take time to think
(Column ~ 07/08/23)
The other day I was driving down the street close to where we live, and a gal was mowing the yard with a push mower. What I noticed and got my attention was her wearing a pair of ear phones or whatever they are called. She was probably listening to music. Most everyone anymore who does any type of work with equipment will wear some kind of noise protection but most play music. So it does double duty. So when do people really think for themselves?...
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US will provide cluster bombs to Ukraine and defends the delivery of the controversial weapon
(National News ~ 07/08/23)
WASHINGTON -- The Biden administration will provide cluster munitions to Ukraine, national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Friday, vowing the U.S. will not leave Ukraine defenseless and asserting that Kyiv has promised to use the controversial bombs carefully...
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Cooler hiring in June could help the Fed achieve an elusive 'soft landing' for US economy
(National News ~ 07/08/23)
WASHINGTON -- Another month, another solid gain for America's job market. The pace of hiring by businesses and government agencies in June -- 209,000 added jobs -- was the smallest monthly gain in 2 1/2 years. Yet it was still a healthy increase, enough to reduce the unemployment rate from 3.7% to 3.6%, barely above a half-century low. And it amounted to further evidence of an economy that has defied persistent forecasts of a recession...
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Armed rebellion by Wagner chief underscores erosion of Russian legal system
(International News ~ 07/08/23)
TALLINN, Estonia -- Russia's rebellious mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin walked free from prosecution for his June 24 armed mutiny, and it's still unclear if anyone will face any charges in the aborted uprising against military leaders or for the deaths of the soldiers killed in it...
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For the third time this week, Earth sets an unofficial heat record. What's behind those big numbers?
(National News ~ 07/08/23)
Earth's average temperature set a new unofficial record high on Thursday, the third such milestone in a week that already rated as the hottest on record and what one prominent scientist says could be the hottest in 120,000 years. But it's also a record with some legitimate scientific questions and caveats, so much so that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has distanced itself from it. ...
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Fire report 7-9-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/08/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. July 5 n Medical assists were made at 12:37 a.m. on William Street; 3:43 p.m. on South Mount Auburn Road; 4:26 p.m. on Stoddard Street; and 9:46 p.m. at Hospitality and Siemers drives...
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Police report 7-9-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/08/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported on William Street. n A warrant arrest was reported on South Minnesota Avenue. Assaults n Assault was reported on William Street...
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Three warnings about election season
(Column ~ 07/08/23)
Three warnings about election season As elections approach, sweeping generalizations have a certain allure that often energizes the frustrated and captivates the hopeful. However, it's essential that we as voters remember that things that seem too good to be true typically are. Here are a few warnings...
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SCOTUS brings a new birth of freedom
(Column ~ 07/08/23)
The series of decisions handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court in its latest session are so consequential that I would call it "a new birth of freedom." These are, of course, the words of Abraham Lincoln at the bloody battlefield at Gettysburg. There is a deep and meaningful connection between Lincoln's words then, in 1863, and the words of our Supreme Court now in 2023...
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Prayer 7-9-23
(Prayer ~ 07/08/23)
Lord Jesus, we lift up your name, for you are the Good Shepherd. Amen.
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Support the GOP nominee
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/08/23)
Donald J. Trump was remarkably successful in his accomplishments regarding the Republican platform, despite an incredible amount of effort from the left to prevent, discredit and even impeach him. Unfortunately Joe Biden has managed to nearly destroy the economy, weaken our national defense, place us dangerously dependent on other countries for our energy needs. ...
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Janice Stafford
(Obituary ~ 07/08/23)
HOUSTON, Texas -- Janice Stafford, 76, died Thursday, June 15, 2023. There will be a celebration of life from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, July 22, at American Legion Post No. 560 in Houston. Announcement courtesy of Ford and Sons Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau...
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America is the land of boundless possibilities
(Column ~ 07/08/23)
Editor's note: On Tuesday, July 4, 12 individuals took the oath of citizenship in a naturalization ceremony held at the Arena Park grandstand. The ceremony, which was administered by Judge Stephen Limbaugh Jr. of the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Missouri, took place as part of the Great American Fourth of July celebration. The following are remarks delivered by State Rep. John Voss (R-District 147)...
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Larry Ruebel
(Obituary ~ 07/08/23)
FLORISSANT, Mo. -- Larry Ray Ruebel, 68, passed away Tuesday, June 6, 2023, at his home in Florissant with his loving wife beside him. Larry was the youngest child of Raymond and Wilda Roberts Ruebel. He was born March 4, 1955, at Saint Francis Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Both parents preceded him in death...
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John McClain
(Obituary ~ 07/08/23)
DESERT HOT SPRINGS, Calif. -- John Wilson McClain passed away Thursday, June 22, 2023, at the age of 86. He last resided in Desert Hot Springs, but before then, John had long stretches of good living in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, and Cape Girardeau. While he never crawled through the air ducts of Nakatomi Plaza, he did patrol the aisles of the Cape Girardeau Kmart store as manager for 18 years during his more than 35 years with the Kmart corporation, until his retirement in 1994...
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John Johannes
(Obituary ~ 07/08/23)
John H. Johannes, 77, of Jackson passed away Tuesday, June 27, 2023, at Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 10, 1945, in St. Louis to John "Milton" and Emilie Holekamp Johannes. He and Joanna Dilling Johannes were married Aug. 19, 1967, in St. Louis. Two children were born to their union, Rachel and John "Jack"...
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Geraldine Crites
(Obituary ~ 07/08/23)
Geraldine Daisy Crites, 97, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, June 4, 2023, at Chateau Girardeau. She was born March 24, 1926, in Lixville, Missouri, to Hobert and Myrtle Statler Loberg. She and Ralph Crites were married Dec. 25, 1946, at First Presbyterian Church in Jackson...
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James Atwood
(Obituary ~ 07/08/23)
James "Jim" Atwood, 75, of Cape Girardeau passed away Monday, July 3, 2023, at his home. He was born Oct. 18, 1947, in Chicago, and was the son of the late William H. and Margaret E. Topf Atwood. Jim is survived by his wife, Rebecca Atwood of Cape Girardeau; his sons, James (Misty) Taylor of Liberty Hill, Texas, and Jonathan Atwood of Columbus, Ohio; as well as a large extended family...
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Neatsfoot: Memories as the Mid-Summer Classic approaches
(Column ~ 07/08/23)
Yours truly was not the worst baseball player ever to don a uniform but at the risk of mixing metaphors, the game was not in my wheelhouse. I'm thinking of my youthful exploits on the diamond, such as they were, as Major League Baseball's All-Star Game prepares for first pitch at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 11, in Seattle...
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Out of the past: July 9
(Out of the Past ~ 07/08/23)
Dr. Dan Tallent will end his brief career as superintendent of the Cape Girardeau School District when his contact ends June 30; the Cape Girardeau Board of Education released a statement announcing Tallent's decision after meeting in closed session yesterday afternoon at the Vocational-Technical School; Tallent told the board June 29 that he doesn't want to consider a new contract; he was hired in January 1996, after the school board bought out the contract of then-superintendent Neyland Clark...
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