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Sinking Cards look Happ-less vs. Astros
(Professional Sports ~ 08/31/10)
St. Louis mustered just two hits off Houston lefty J.A. Happ and suffered its third straight loss
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Former Cape Girardeau, Jackson lawyer pleads guilty to embezzlement
(Local News ~ 08/31/10)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- A former Cape Girardeau and Jackson attorney accused of embezzling thousands of dollars from a deceased client's trust fund pleaded guilty to felony stealing charges Monday before Stoddard County Circuit Judge Stephen Mitchell. While managing the account of the late Donald P. ...
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NO MORE BORING DAYS: GIRL SCOUTS OFFERS MORE
(Submitted Story ~ 08/31/10)
Girl Scouts may be nearly 100 years old, but its program has evolved with the times. Traditions such as the Girl Scout Cookie Program, camping, and skill-building badges remain in place, but the additions of six program pathways and an outcomes-based program model have made the program more flexible for today's families. ...
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Comments from public lead to tweaking of new Cape development code
(Local News ~ 08/31/10)
Comments made at a public forum Monday night at city hall in Cape Girardeau will be used to fine-tune a proposed development code that will regulate fences, landscaping, signs and retaining walls. Property owners, developers, engineers, business owners and residents attended the two-hour meeting, with Mayor Harry Rediger, city manager Scott Meyer, other city council members, city planners and members of the city's Planning and Zoning Commission on hand to discuss the new development code and answer questions.. ...
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SEMO 4-H Rodeo Finals
(Submitted Story ~ 08/31/10)
SEMO 4-H Rodeo Finals were held on Saturday, August 28th at Poplar Bluff. There 160 youth from nine counties participating in the rodeo program for the 2010 year; the youth earn points by competing in such events as rough stock events, roping events, barrel racing, pole bending and team penning. ...
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Cape County 4-H Members Attend State Shoot
(Submitted Story ~ 08/31/10)
Seven Cape County 4-H Members attended the State Trap Shooting Sports Contest in Columbia on August 28th.The members are led by Dale Todt, certified leader for the shotgun discipline and met twice a month at the Apple Creek Conservation shooting range. ...
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Delta fire, structure fires probably not related, sheriff's department says
(Local News ~ 08/31/10)
An Aug. 13 fire at Delta High School and five structure fires that have occurred in isolated areas in Cape Girardeau County are most likely not connected, Lt. David James of the sheriff's department said Monday. The department has ruled all of the fires as arson and is still seeking suspects connected to the incidents...
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Rainbow Bridge Lake Powell, Utah
(Submitted Photo ~ 08/31/10)
World's largest natural arch, 300 ft. high & 300 ft. across. Can only be reached by boat. To get a perspective on the size, those are people standing by the left side of arch.
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Homecoming @ Delta Baptist Church
(Submitted Story ~ 08/31/10)
On Sunday September 19, 2010 at 10:45 am Delta First Baptist Church will celebrate 110 years of service to the community. Special Guest Speaker, Bill Jetton, DOM for Cape Girardeau Baptist Association. Special Music led by David and Barbara Duncan. Carry-in Fellowship Meal following the morning service. Everyone is invited to attend...
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Cypress Knees
(Submitted Photo ~ 08/31/10)
This photo is in the same pond as the photo I sent before. These cypress knees are more often found in swamps. This pond has lots of Japanese Carp in it.
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Lily Pond
(Submitted Photo ~ 08/31/10)
This is a photo of a local lily pond in full bloom earlier this year. See the Koi?
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Cape business owners, Isle of Capri exec discuss effect of proposed casino on downtown
(Local News ~ 08/31/10)
How the proposed Isle of Capri casino development would change Cape Girardeau's downtown was discussed Monday during a meeting facilitated by Old Town Cape. Paul Keller, senior vice president and chief development officer with Isle of Capri, spoke with about 25 people including restaurant and retail store owners at Buckner Brewing Co. ...
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Smoothie King to Celebrate Grand Opening
(Submitted Story ~ 08/31/10)
Smoothie King of Cape Girardeau is celebrating its Grand Opening and official ribbon cutting on Sept. 1, from 7a.m. to 10p.m. Guests are invited to visit the store, located at 97 N. Kingshighway St., to enjoy a day of celebration. Festivities will include product give-a-ways and specials, free smoothie samples, as well as $2.99 twenty-ounce smoothies...
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Red House
(Submitted Photo ~ 08/31/10)
a small cluster of flowers in the garden of the Red House.
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COPA Memphis 1st Place Winners
(Submitted Photo ~ 08/31/10)
left to right: Kristen Tarno, Mackenzie Laurentius, Kirstin Jannin, Julia Williams, Cassidee Wunderlich, Fayth Brewer, Paige Cummins, Livia Wunderlich, Emily Hermann, front row: Lynsey Powers, Abby Wilson, Megan Heisserer, Emma Brune, Taylor Nelson
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Dome damage
(Editorial ~ 08/31/10)
The copper-clad dome on Academic Hall on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University is one of the most iconic symbols in Cape Girardeau. Visible from many parts of town, the dome symbolizes the university's role not only as an institution of higher learning, but also its community standing as a major employer and economic force...
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Plenty of museum events set for coming weeks
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/31/10)
I hope everyone received a postcard regarding Cape River Heritage Museum's upcoming events. Fall hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday and 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday. Be sure to visit the museum during Labor Day Weekend to find lots of bargains during our third annual tag sale scheduled 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. both days...
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Speak Out 8/31/10
(Speak Out ~ 08/31/10)
The debate over the ground zero mosque is another part of the never-ending fight over which religion is the supposed righteous one. The more I follow this fight, which pits one ancient text full of magical tales against another, I'm more vocal about my own position as an atheist. ...
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Prayer 8/31/10
(Prayer ~ 08/31/10)
Consider our efforts to do good things, O God, and bless all our successes. Amen.
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Isle of Capri: Commitment to Cape Girardeau
(Column ~ 08/31/10)
On Thursday, the Cape Girardeau City Council voted to endorse Isle of Capri Casinos' downtown casino project, and we would like to thank them for their support. The last available casino license in Missouri is one of the largest economic development opportunities currently available in this state. ...
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Category 4 Earl batters Caribbean
(International News ~ 08/31/10)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Hurricane Earl battered tiny islands across the northeastern Caribbean with heavy rain and roof-ripping winds Monday, rapidly intensifying into a major Category 4 storm on a path projected to menace the United States. Already dangerous with sustained winds of 135 mph, Earl is expected to gain more strength before potentially brushing the U.S. East Coast this week and bringing deadly rip currents...
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Israel researchers find disposable cutlery dating to the Stone Age
(International News ~ 08/31/10)
JERUSALEM -- Israeli archaeologists believe thousands of ancient shards of flint found scattered around a fire pit in a cave near Tel Aviv might be the world's oldest known disposable knives. Dating to the Stone Age, the tiny knives are thought to be at least 200,000 years old. A Tel Aviv University excavation team found the tools around a fireplace littered with charred animal bones...
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Indonesian volcano erupts twice after 400 years of quiet
(International News ~ 08/31/10)
TANAH KARO, Indonesia -- Tens of thousands of people packed emergency shelters Monday after a long-dormant volcano in western Indonesia spewed clouds of hot ash and smoke more than a mile into the air -- an eruption that caught scientists off-guard...
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U.S. grapples with bedbugs, misuse of pesticides
(Community ~ 08/31/10)
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A resurgence of bedbugs across the U.S. has homeowners and apartment dwellers taking desperate measures to eradicate the tenacious bloodsuckers, with some relying on dangerous outdoor pesticides and fly-by-night exterminators...
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Some St. Louis schools trying cash incentives for attendance
(State News ~ 08/31/10)
ST. LOUIS -- Some school districts have tried everything to get parents to send their children to class and to persuade the them to behave when they get there. Now, for the first time, St. Louis schools are offering cash incentives. Urban Strategies, a not-for-profit organization, is offering $300 per child for those who choose Jefferson Elementary School over competitors such as charter schools and magnets...
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State highway chiefs want $600 billion for roadwork
(State News ~ 08/31/10)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- The U.S. must expand and improve rural highways because its inadequate system can't support the trade and tourism that helps drive the nation's economy, a group of state highway department directors said Monday. The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials released a report in Little Rock and in Wichita, Kan., saying freight shipped by tractor-trailers is projected to grow rapidly in the coming couple of decades and much of that travel will be on rural roads.. ...
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DNR director resigns to manage $20 billion BP trust
(State News ~ 08/31/10)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's connections to the Gulf Coast's oil spill recovery efforts continue to grow with the resignation of the director of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, who will now manage a victim trust fund. Mark Templeton will be executive director of the Office of Independent Trustees for the $20 billion Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Trust, Gov. Jay Nixon announced Monday...
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Obama's goal: End Iraq war, then win Mideast peace
(National News ~ 08/31/10)
WASHINGTON -- Ending the U.S. combat mission in Iraq, President Barack Obama will have but a moment before trying to hasten peace nearby between Israelis and Palestinians. From the Oval Office, Obama will declare tonight that Iraqis are now the ones in charge of a war he had opposed. Within hours on Wednesday, he will be immersed in talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders...
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Gertrude Froemsdorf
(Obituary ~ 08/31/10)
Gertrude Sylvia Froemsdorf, 93, of Dubuque, Iowa, died Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010, at the Lutheran Manor in Dubuque. She was born Dec. 8, 1916, in Sedgewickville, to Warren Francis and Mollie Belle Robinson Crites. She and Alvin Leo Froemsdorf were married March 7, 1936, at Jackson. He died June 7, 1994...
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Robert Ford
(Obituary ~ 08/31/10)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Robert Neeley Ford, 92, of Advance passed away Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010, at his home. He was born April 28, 1918, at Oak Ridge, son of Robert and Maude Murphy Ford. Robert was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving in World War II. After being in the service he bought Ford's Grocery Store in Dongola, Mo., from his father. From 1964 to 1998 he was an over-the-road truck driver...
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Sherry Eagle
(Obituary ~ 08/31/10)
Sherry Lynn Mercer Eagle, 58, of Cape Girardeau passed away Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010, at her home, surrounded by friends and family. She was born Oct. 18, 1951, in St. Louis, to Joseph and Shirley Hamilton Mercer. Eagle was bar manager for Bill and Chas Club, Legends and Country Nights. She attended Casino Dealer School in Tunica, Miss., and was casino manager at St. Charles Casino from 1992 to 2003. She was diagnosed with cancer in 2001. In 2005 she moved back to Cape Girardeau...
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Damian Massa
(Obituary ~ 08/31/10)
GLENALLEN, Mo. -- Damian Massa, 21, of Glenallen passed away Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010, as a result of an automobile accident. He was born April 4, 1989, in Cape Girardeau, son of Randy and Patty Toombs Massa. Damian was employed by Bollinger County Maintenance Department on the maintenance crew. He was of the Baptist belief...
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Pearl Hart
(Obituary ~ 08/31/10)
PATTON, Mo. -- Pearl Irene Hart, 90, of Patton passed away Monday, Aug. 30, 2010, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Aug. 15, 1920, in Parma, Mo., daughter of Orville Alvie and Margarette Biggs Teaford. She and Eugene Thomas Hart were married Jan. 19, 1943. He passed away Jan. 8, 2002...
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William Carver
(Obituary ~ 08/31/10)
McCLURE, Ill. -- William J. Carver, 65, of McClure died Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born June 13, 1945, in Long Beach, Calif., to Melvin Ross and Ruth Maxine Fry Carver. After moving from California at the age of 16, he lived with his father and loving stepmother, Rita Mae Carver...
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Out of the past 8/31/10
(Out of the Past ~ 08/31/10)
McGee, Mo. -- Members of the World War II Historical Re-enactment Society take part in a re-enactment of the Battle of Luxembourg in Bollinger County; more than 60 men and women take part in battle, which will continue tomorrow. Police yesterday arrested and charged a Paducah, Ky., man with violating a city ordinance that requires a permit to land an aircraft in the city; an officer happened to see him land a helicopter on private property in the vicinity of the 700 block of South Kingshighway.. ...
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Pauline Pulliam
(Obituary ~ 08/31/10)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Pauline Pulliam, 55, of Jonesboro died Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010, at Weiss Memorial Hospital in Chicago. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Crain Funeral Home in Anna, Ill. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Richard Keeley officiating. Burial will be in Ebenezer Hall Cemetery...
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Larry Oberts
(Obituary ~ 08/31/10)
Larry Oberts, 48, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Crain Funeral Home in Tamms, Ill., with the Rev. Robert Kirby officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery at Thebes, Ill...
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LaVern Riehn
(Obituary ~ 08/31/10)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- LaVern A. Riehn, 73, of Perryville died Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Jan. 23, 1937, in Millheim, Mo., daughter of Arthur and Ann Scharenborg Tarrillion. She and John J. Riehn Jr. were married Oct. 1, 1955. He preceded her in death Dec. 31, 1994...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 8/31/10
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/31/10)
Firefighters responded to the following calls Sunday:...
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Cape Girardeau police report 8/31/10
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/31/10)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI...
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Jackson police/fire report 8/31/10
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/31/10)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Property damage...
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Car stickers to include environmental information
(National News ~ 08/31/10)
WASHINGTON -- A government proposal may add letter grades to showroom window stickers on new cars and trucks to reflect a vehicle's overall fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions. The Transportation Department and Environmental Protection Agency said Monday they were considering two options to upgrade the energy and environmental information that will adorn labels on new vehicles in car dealership showrooms, beginning with the 2012 model year...
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VA expands ailments with links to Agent Orange
(Health ~ 08/31/10)
RALEIGH, N.C. -- By his own reckoning, a Navy electrician spent just eight hours in Vietnam, during a layover on his flight back to the U.S. in 1966. He bought some cigarettes and snapped a few photos. The jaunt didn't make for much of a war story, and there is no record it ever happened. ...
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Mizzou RB faces charge
(College Sports ~ 08/31/10)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Suspended Missouri running back Derrick Washington was charged Monday with sexually assaulting a former tutor in her apartment over the summer. Assistant Boone County prosecutor Andrea Hayes said that a single count of felony deviate sexual assault was filed against Washington, a senior from Raymore, Mo., and the Tigers' rushing leader the past two seasons...
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Oran spikers turn back Charleston in opener
(High School Sports ~ 08/31/10)
All of the area high school events reported Monday to the Southeast Missourian.
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Redhawks' Shives receives OVC volleyball honor
(College Sports ~ 08/31/10)
Southeast Missouri State freshman Julie Shives was named the Ohio Valley Conference setter of the week for volleyball on Monday. Shives earned all-tournament honors over the weekend as the Redhawks opened their season by winning the Bradley Kickoff Classic in Peoria, Ill...
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Jackson not wild about playing in final game of preseason
(Professional Sports ~ 08/31/10)
ST. LOUIS -- Nine carries in August is plenty for Steven Jackson, who'd just as soon watch the St. Louis Rams' preseason finale. The Pro Bowl running back had a one-word response -- "No." -- when asked whether he wanted to play Thursday night against the Baltimore Ravens. Then came the long, rumbling guffaw that has become a Jackson trademark...
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Alternative agriculture opportunities abound
(Column ~ 08/31/10)
At the coffee shop, conversations about the economy are peppered with adjectives such as "bad," "depressing" and "scary." The facts are that more storefronts are vacant, especially in small towns. Thorngate in Cape Girardeau closed its doors within the last 24 months, leaving many unemployed...
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Area digest 8/31/10
(Community Sports ~ 08/31/10)
The team of Jason Rains and Rose Kern won the SEMO Horseshoe Association's tournament at the Scott City Knights of Columbus. The team of Tim Bryant and Terrie Rose placed second, while Bob Burnett and Amy Pobst took third in the 12-team tournament. The team of Randy Grady and Marvin Margrabe won the 14-team tournament at the Benton American Legion...
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Gas prices down 7.3 cents a gallon in Mo. ahead of holiday
(Local News ~ 08/31/10)
Gas prices are falling as travel is expected to pick up over the Labor Day holiday weekend. Missouri gas prices have dropped 7.3 cents in the past week and are now 18 cents per gallon lower than a month ago, according to gasoline price website MissouriGasPrices.com. The average gas price in Missouri is currently $2.431, according to AAA's Fuel Gauge Report...
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Tour of Duty run comes through Cape Girardeau
(Local News ~ 08/31/10)
Members of the Tour of Duty Run pass by Fire Station No. 1 in Cape Girardeau Monday, Aug. 30, 2010 during the 4,600-mile, month-long journey from Los Angeles to New York City. Local fire and police personnel ran with the group as they were escorted through the city. According to its website, Tourofduty.com, the run is an emotional statement. "We run to remember the people of 9/11, to honour their sacrifice, their courage, their devotion and commitment to duty." The group of 16 Australians and 18 Americans has been running in teams almost nonstop since Aug. 12, aiming to arrive in New York City on Sept. 11.
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Cape Girardeau County officials pushing for better United Way participation
(Local News ~ 08/31/10)
Cape Girardeau County commissioners heard a presentation Monday about the county employees' 2010 United Way campaign, which is designed to increase employee participation in the fundraiser.
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Alzheimer's disease affects more than just the patient as caregivers must also learn to cope
(Health ~ 08/31/10)
Pat Patterson's mother, Julia, called him frantically one day to warn her son. "We got to get out of town," she said. "The Germans are coming." When Patterson asked what she was talking about, Julia said she saw boys running down her street in Cape Girardeau. She had mistaken them for residents fleeing her childhood home in Verviers, Belgium, as the Germans invaded during World War II...
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