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HOLIDAY EVENTS

The Rev. Karen Dumey, a native of Jackson, is the new designated pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1820 Perryville Road in Cape Girardeau. Dumey's first day as pastor of the congregation of 100 members was Aug. 1. Dumey was officially installed to serve in her role during a Sept.

The Rev. Bill Jetton has joined the Cape Girardeau Baptist Association as director of missions. A graduate of Southeast Missouri State University, Jetton joined the associational staff in early November.

Once again, I was traveling, this time going up and down the Cumberland Mountains. I noticed still other views that God had created. Unlike what I had recently seen in Iowa and Wisconsin, I was now awed by the beautiful bouquet of colors in the fall trees by the roadside.

This is the weekend to gear up for Thanksgiving, to write and check off the lists of everything necessary for the perfect holiday. Turkey. Check. Stuffing. Check. Pumpkin pie. Check. Fat-pants, couch, remote control. Check, check and check. Bring on the tryptophan.

Want to hear Elwood McQuaid's daily briefing of Israeli news at 3 a.m., heed parental advice from James Dobson at noon or listen to best-selling author John McArthur at 9:04 p.m.?

PERRYVILLE -- A former Morley resident shares her stories of life's challenges and overcoming them through faith in her debut book.

"Renegade has left the Oval. Repeat — Renegade has left the Oval." Those words will be spoken sometime after Jan. 20 by a Secret Service agent. Barack Obama, soon to be our 44th president, has been assigned the code name Renegade. The Secret Service uses such appellations (e.g.

The weeks leading up to Thanksgiving and Christmas are filled with anticipation — of the journey through late fall and facing the horizon of winter surrounded with the nakedness of trees; of the excitement of turkey and Christmas wrappings, along with the darkness of winter nights as it creep its...

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