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Capaha Park construction projects are underway
By Beau Nations ~ Southeast Missourian
Construction continues at Cape Girardeau's Capaha Park as multiple projects are completed. Members of the City of Cape Girardeau's Parks and Recreation Department have completed the construction and renovation of the park's new permanent restroom and amphitheater or bandshell. Workers have moved their focus to constructing the shelter and...
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    Airway. Breathing. Circulation. Not the ABCs you learned in kindergarten, but rather the first step in assessing a critical patient after a traumatic accident. And the first step the team at the...
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    Memorial Day: Remembering a fallen Scott County Marine this Memorial Day - 7:23 am
    Michael Boardman, a 1966 graduate of Sikeston (Missouri) High School, had a dream of becoming a draftsman or an architect. It was a vision of the future tragically cut short at age 19 when the Marine...
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    Memorial Day: Gung-ho: Remembering Jeremy Shank
    Army Cpl. Jeremy Shank was just weeks into his deployment in Iraq before his life was taken at the age of 18. Shank, a graduate of Jackson High School, enlisted in the U.S. Army on May 31, 2005. His...
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    Riverfront Fall Festival is planned for October in Cape Girardeau - 10:37 am
    Visit Cape's inaugural Riverfront Fall Festival will take place in October and feature local vendors, entertainment for all ages and storytelling by the Mississippi River. Alyssa Phares-Fee, senior...
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    By Dennis Marshall/Standard-Democrat
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