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Combat the winter doldrums
(11/08/09)
The winter months can drag on. Holidays and utilities increase your expenses. Add that it's cold and flu season, and it's not uncommon to get the winter blahs. Before you go stircrazy for spring, prepare yourself with a few blah-busting tips. What frugal activities do you do during winter months?...
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Fair ~ River stage: 35.51 Falling Sunday, November 8, 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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Can you find Elmo?
 Tuesday is the 40th anniversary of the start of the beloved children's TV program "Sesame Street." "Sesame Street" character Elmo visited Cape Girardeau and found some great hiding places downtown. Can you find him? 
Best electronic gadgets for the holiday shopping season
(11/08/09)No matter what electronic gadget consumers are looking for this holiday season, they'll find quality products at unusually low prices as retailers and manufacturers try to entice purchasing in this tough economy. "Consumer Reports" rated 448 electronics products including LCD and plasma TVs, Blu-ray players, laptops and desktop computers, point-and-shoot cameras, new music players and headphones. Highlights of CR's findings include:... 
Friends of Saint Francis honor Mary Spell
(11/08/09)Friends of Saint Francis honor Spell The Friends of Saint Francis honored Mary Spell as its 24th Honorary Lifetime Member at the October banquet dinner. Spell retired from Saint Francis in 2005 after more than 20 years. She serves as the Saint Francis Auxiliary president and devotes many hours a week as a volunteer at the medical center... 
Saint Francis Foundation names Lisa Newcomer Rookie of the Year
(11/08/09)The Saint Francis Foundation named Lisa Newcomer Rookie of the Year. Newcomer received the new award for being a new board member of The Friends who shows great leadership skills. She is the director of the Sleep Disorders Center and Home Medical Services at Saint Francis Medical Center...
FYI
(11/08/09) Parenting class at MU extension center The University of Missouri Extension has planned a free Conscious Discipline Parenting Workshop to explore and explain the methods of Conscious Discipline, which teaches that if you make life predictable for your toddler and set limits to make him or her feel secure, he or she will know what to expect and what is expected. Learn more at the free workshop from 7 to 9 p.m. Nov. 16 at the MU Extension Center in Jackson. Register at 334-9634 by Monday...
Elmo explores
(11/08/09) The United States had a banner year in 1969. NASA put a man on the moon. Hundreds of thousands of music lovers gathered at Woodstock and "Sesame Street" made its television debut Nov. 10. During the show's season opener Tuesday, celebrating its 40th anniversary, a rapping real estate agent convinces Big Bird to find a new habitat (the show's word of the day). Big Bird tours different areas and ultimately comes to his senses and finds his way back to Sesame Street... 
Dealing with pesky squirrels
(11/08/09)A friend of mine has been losing sleep. Not because of the economy and not because of violence on the news. He's kept awake by the squirrels that seem to be winning the territorial battle for his attic. Other than the bothersome clatter of squirrel movements throughout the evenings, squirrels can be destructive when they get into an attic because of their gnawing habits and the collections of nest materials they leave behind... 
Being an advocate
(11/08/09)Editor's note: This is the 10th in a series of stories with an introduction from Nancy Jernigan at the United Way highlighting volunteers and agencies who are active in or funded by the United Way of Southeast Missouri. To get involved, visit the United Way online at www.unitedwayofsemo.org, at its offices at 430A Broadway or by phone at 334-9634. ... 
Sharing truths
(11/08/09)Jonathan Paul Hendren has been ministering in churches in some form of a pastoral role since about the age of 18. He came to Cape Girardeau in summer 2008 and now serves the congregation at Cornerstone Assembly of God in Cape Girardeau as the senior pastor...
Keep trying to love the unlovable
(11/08/09) Life can be strange and hard to understand sometimes. What makes people treat others the way they do? Is it tradition, what you've been taught or what you genuinely want to do? Most people make it a point to visit relatives, observe certain holiday traditions and get along with those they don't even like. ...
Reflecting on the power of sacrifice
(11/08/09) Wednesday is Veterans Day. A day set aside to remember men and women of every generation who have served our great nation in the military. They have sacrificed much -- some their lives -- for each of us to enjoy and savor the freedoms that we enjoy on a daily basis... 
An impression of autumn
(11/08/09)This is a photo I shot focusing upon the reflected limbs of a soft maple tree in the clear water of a pond. Various kinds of fallen leaves had accumulated in the water and wind was making them drift. Being someone who loves impressionist paintings, I am especially drawn to colorful autumn scenes such as this. Although this is a photograph taken in real time and not enhanced or manipulated, it could pass for a well-painted impressionist landscape...
Homemade wedding cake topper adds a personal touch
(11/08/09) Weddings often are costly affairs, but with enough advance planning and a little homegrown ingenuity, you can make things instead of shelling out for them. Wedding magazines and Web sites help, too. "There's nothing you can't craft for your wedding," says Darcy Miller, editorial director of "Martha Stewart Weddings" magazine. Among other items, she mentions gifts, decorations, flowers and the cake... 
Zeus, LaVerne up for adoption at area shelters
(11/08/09)
Animal control
(11/06/09) When I was growing up on the farm on Killough Valley in the Ozarks over yonder, my life was organized by animals. Lulu, the milk cow, had to be milked every morning and every evening. In winter, hay had to be delivered to hungry cattle. Horses had to be tended... |
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National Weather Service forecast for Cape Girardeau, Missouri:
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Clear
Low: 48
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Mostly Sunny
High: 73Low: 49 Monday
Mostly Cloudy
High: 70Low: 51 Tuesday
Mostly Cloudy
High: 63Low: 40 Veterans
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High: 62Thursday
Mostly Sunny
High: 62Low: 43 Friday
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