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Columns Ellen Shuck Short-term goals are crucial for life From the beginning you are asked, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" That's a long-term goal. Most people don't know the answer, and you must reach many short-term goals before the ultimate one is attained anyway. How important are short-term goals?... Rob Hurtgen The Bible is a road map for our lives I've just purchased a new GPS unit. Ever since I've opened the box and turned on the screen I've been itching to try it out on a road trip. The open road, open sunroof, my wife and the British woman in the GPS telling me, "Turn left here." Road trips are as much as the American experience as baseball and apple pie. ... Susan McClanahan Cookbook specializes in cupcakes, muffins I have a special friend, Shelby Stafford, who has officially nicknamed herself "Cupcake." On occasion I might call her "Honey" and she is quick to tell me her name is not Honey, it is Cupcake. Cupcake was recently given a book devoted entirely to cupcakes and muffins. "The Taste of Home Cupcakes! Muffins & More" book contains 130 recipes for scrumptious delights for you to try. I think Cupcake's mother will need to get on the ball if she is going to make all of these recipes for her... Joe Sullivan Please keep this great honor under your hat Shh! Meet me in the atrium of the federal building at 10 o'clock. Don't tell a soul! And don't bring anyone with you. What about my wife? Can she tag along? Only if she's a certified Republican. Well, she has voted for some Democrats from time to time... Susan McClanahan Celebrating Mother's Day with mom's recipes Today is a special day; it is not only Mother's Day, it is also graduation day for the Centennial graduating class at Cape Girardeau Central High School. Our son Ross is among the students in the class of 2012. Ross has had an amazing high school experience. ... Tom Harte Mother sauce a source of variety This is a day when we should all ask ourselves, "Where would I be without my mother?" For many the answer is "Probably in the middle of traffic, without my jacket, and talking to some stranger." For professional chefs, however, the situation would be even more dire without their mothers -- their mother sauces, that is... Joe Sullivan The deer fix: Tackle the rain issue next, please So after riling up many of the city's residents over what to do about the White-Tail Menace, our elected council members have taken action. Well, some of us would call it action. Others might suggest that our fearless leaders folded at the first whiff of rancor. That happens sometimes. Bullies and whiners always seem to get their way in the end... Harry Rediger Join the beautification effort in Cape Girardeau We live in a beautiful city, punctuated by the Mississippi River, trees, rolling hills, and a temperate climate with beautiful spring and fall seasons. We have a unique asset with the many thousands of trees throughout our community. I have, as mayor, been remiss in not keeping our city beautification programs identified and promoted on a continuing basis. ... Rob Hurtgen God can transform rubble into a wall of strength I am a project guy. I have notebooks of stuff clipped out of magazines to reference and perhaps build. I look at things, architecture, trim work and furniture trying to dissect it to get a mental picture of how it was made so that one day I can attempt to reproduce it. I receive a great feeling not from taking projects but finishing them... Ellen Shuck Enjoying the lulls in life is valuable Most people think they must always be accomplishing something. This tendency often originates in childhood. Even if you can't remember what activities and interests you were involved in, it's likely that you attempt to teach your children so they'll grow up fitting into the particular norms and images you envision. ... Susan McClanahan Recipes from the St. Louis restaurant The Hill The Hill in St. Louis certainly has to be one of the most celebrated culinary sites in the Midwest. This mostly Italian community is full of fabulous restaurants, grocery stores and bakeries like no others. As written in the cookbook "A Taste of the Hill": "The Hill has always had a strong commitment to the city of St. ... Joe Sullivan Listen up, senator: Just leave well enough alone A state senator from St. Louis County wants to replace the Show Me State, Missouri's time-honored slogan, with this: The Great Rivers State. Let's hope he and his colleagues in the Missouri Legislature come to their senses before it's too late. Cape Girardeans should be especially prickly about the proposed change. After all, it was a Cape Girardean who coined the "show me" moniker... Barbara Lohr Encouraging area youths to learn about government The Missouri Municipal League, an organization composed of most of the cities in Missouri, has declared the week of April 30 to May 4 as Local Government Week. During this week, each community can highlight the various services delivered to the citizens of that community. Because it is so vital to keep citizens informed about what is happening, I am serious about my responsibility for writing this article and my weekly column in the Cash-Book Journal... Gary Rust A historical perspective on ALEC and NCSL Let me put a little personal historic perspective on the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and attacks by the media spearheaded by the liberal Common Cause and Media Matters funded by George Soros. In the early 1970s another group, the National Conference of State Legislators (NCSL) was basically funded then (and I believe still is) by state budgets, to have meetings to discuss legislative issues and sample model bills (legislation)... Susan McClanahan Recipes to create a full-course meal This is one of those weeks when I do not have a theme to the recipes in this column, and it winds up being a little bit of everything. We will start out with an entree then end up with a couple of sweet treat recipes. This column is so much fun when you, the readers, send in recipes to pass along to other readers. ... Paul Schnare Gardening suggestions for 2012 "Is it too early to plant tomatoes yet? The weather has been so warm. I just feel like I need to get them in the ground. I know that you should probably wait until May 1 to plant them. I'm just itching to get my garden growing." I have been asked this question at least 10 times per day for the last month... Joe Sullivan No azaleas or dogwoods? So what? Folks in Charleston, Mo., know how to have fun and provide a good time for anyone showing up for the annual azalea and dogwood festival a month after the blossoms have peaked. Have an extravagant lawn party, for example, one where the women dress up and wear fancy hats and where the men wear blazers and straw boaters. What fun they were having last Saturday while tour buses idled up and down the beautifully manicured streets...

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