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Christmas come early
(11/20/09)
For any person who has ever looked around Cape Girardeau and proclaimed we have too many meeting centers or banquet halls, let me give you exhibit A: the inordinate number of craft fairs in town this weekend. Just as the city and area businesses have already strung up Christmas decorations and attempt to peer pressure us into the holiday spirit, one-time-only craft fairs will flood the city today, Saturday and Sunday to remind us of all the Christmas shopping we need to do...
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Fair ~ River stage: 34 Rising Saturday, November 21, 2009 |
 Having good manners goes beyond please and thank you; it means being mindful of others' feelings in any social encounter. How well do you know your etiquette rules?
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Spring fever
(11/20/09) When I was growing up, water was a big deal. We needed water to drink, cook, bathe, wash clothes and irrigate the garden. We needed water for livestock too. The creek that came down the valley on the other side of the garden was dry most of the time. It took a deluge before any water would run down the creek. The creek was not a source of water for us. Most of our rural neighbors relied on springs...
Cape Girardeau Public Library helps 'Twilight' fans prepare for 'New Moon' release
(11/19/09) Katelyn Menz, 12, does not normally like to read, but something about the "Twilight" series caught her attention. "I read it and, I don't know, I just like it a lot," said Menz, of New Hamburg, Mo. She said a glimpse into the world of vampires and werewolves hooked her... 
Who's next 11/19/09
(11/19/09)Scholarships The following students received Southeast Missouri State University scholarships during a Homecoming week reception: -- From staff reports
Hooked on science: Tablecloth science
(11/19/09) Here's an experiment you can try at the Thanksgiving Day dinner table that might get the entire family "Hooked on Science." Materials Instructions STEP 1: With an adult present, place the tablecloth on the table and then arrange the glass dishes on the tablecloth... 
Academics seek to determine why some people hate each other
(11/19/09)SPOKANE, Wash. -- Why did the Nazis hate the Jews? Why did the Hutus hate the Tutsis? Hate is everywhere, but the fundamental question of why one person can hate another has never been adequately studied, contends Jim Mohr of Gonzaga University, who is developing a new academic field of hate studies...
Getting the news
(11/19/09) Nov. 19, 2009 Dear Leslie, Each week my Writing for the Mass Media class takes a current-events quiz, 10 questions about local, state and world events. Students who aim to become media writers begin by knowing what's going on in the world around them, I reason. Reading, watching and listening to how the news is reported also is a way of learning to do it yourself...
Home fires more likely on Thanksgiving Day
(11/18/09) CHICAGO -- With ovens baking and skillets sizzling, Thanksgiving can be a hazardous day in the kitchen. So much so that the National Fire Protection Association says Americans are twice as likely to have a home fire on Thanksgiving than any other day of the year because of the cooking... 
Clean house 10 minutes at a time
(11/18/09)NEW YORK -- Who says you need to spend an entire Saturday cleaning the house? If you've been tossed the Thanksgiving torch on short notice or simply haven't found the time to get down and dirty, these tips will help you get the house presentable. ...
Recipes fit for one of Missouri's first ladies
(11/18/09) The "Missouri 1821-1971 Sesquicentennial Cookbook, Updated and Republished for a New Generation of Missourians" by former Missouri first lady Betty Cooper Hearnes is now available and hot off the presses. This hardback book contains historical information about the writer's life growing up in Charleston, Mo., her family with her husband and their children and living in and restoring the governor's mansion in Jefferson City, Mo. ... 
Pet of the week 11/15/09
(11/15/09)Pet name: Daisy Owner: Donna Colyer FAVORITE ACTIVITY: Playing ball and snuggling close to someone. 
Better than a bee
(11/15/09)The insect in this photo is not a bee. It is an American hover fly, and a member of a larger group of pollinator insects. The unsuspecting person may easily misidentify this bee impostor as it goes from flower to flower just like a bee. Quite possibly its color and markings evolved as a defensive measure to help deter hungry birds and frogs...
Don't let go of faith in times of despair
(11/15/09) Life has a way of roughing us up. Sometimes by the decisions we make, often by the decisions others have made. Sometimes we get roughed up by things beyond our control that dramatically affect the course of our lives, like a call from the doctor to come see him his office or being rear-ended on a beautiful Tuesday afternoon...
Seeking to understand the unimaginable
(11/15/09) An Army psychiatrist, trained to treat men and women dealing with combat stress, allegedly shoots and kills a dozen people and wounds 30 others. Because of the deadline set for me by the Missourian, this column was written five days ago. Which is to say, by the time you read this, we may well know something about the motivation behind Dr. Nidal Malik Hasan's actions -- information not available when I hit "send" on my computer... |
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